Richard Linklater
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SubUrbia

Bad News Bears

Hit Man

The Newton Boys

Tape

Slacker

Before Midnight

Before Sunset

Before Sunrise

School of Rock

Everybody Wants Some!!
Best Films of 2014
My five favorite films of 2014, in alphabetical order.
Boyhood
In less skilled hands, Boyhood’s twelve years in production might not have amounted to much more than a (very ambitious) stunt, but instead, Richard Linklater’s landmark coming-of-age opus is accessible without being straightforward, and thoughtful without being ponderous. Its 165 minutes are breezy and unrushed, and yet it is over before you know it. I guess kids really do grow up fast.… See more →

Boyhood

Bernie
Consumption: July 2006
On the Web
- The Fall Guy: An action shot of one of my several failed attempts to mount a tallbike. (Eventually, I succeeded.)
- FreeJack: All of the Flash source files from the current season of the animated Canadian series “Odd Job Jack” are being made available to the public. Wow!
- A Way to Set the Limit of Font Scaling in One Dimension: An excellent demonstration of why non-uniform type scaling is a bad idea.
- Transformers =… See more →
Consumption: March 2005
On the Web
- Writing, Briefly: Excellent writing tips from Paul Graham.
- Typecasting: The Use (and Misuse) of Period Typography in Movies.
- Frusion Breakfast Brawl: Addictive Punch Out-style Flash game.
- “The Most Expensive Album Never Made”: Detailed history of Guns ’N’ Roses’ doomed Chinese Democracy.
- Pimp My Safari: New online hub for Safari browser customization from Jon Hicks.
- Guess the Dictator and/or Television Sit-Com Character: This online game of 20 (or more) questions is actually quite difficult to… See more →