Description: In this second edition of The Cinema of Richard Linklater, Rob Stone shows how Linklater's latest films have redefined our understanding of his work, offering critical analysis of films including Before Midnight (2013) and Everybody Wants Some!! (2016), as well as new interviews with Linklater and a chapter on Boyhood (2014).
Review Quotes: Rob Stone explores the elements that connect Linklater's films with each other and the ways in which they represent a particular perspective as this is associated with the filmmaker's philosophy. Through recourse to key theoretical and philosophical approaches, the use of thematic analysis and extensive interviews with Linklater himself, Stone provides thought provoking discussions of his numerous films...The Cinema of Richard Linklater is a theoretically powerful and analytically rigorous study.--Yannis Tzioumakis, University of Liverpool