Film soundtracks that became a lead character
These backing tracks took on a life of their own, including the soundtrack that put the party in Party Monster
How Richard Linklater soundtracked Boyhood
The director talks through the tall order of cherry-picking a decade’s worth of hits
What's it like to watch yourself grow old?
Patricia Arquette – the Golden Globe-winning mum in Boyhood – gets frank about ageing (for real) on screen
Indie films Boyhood and Birdman sweep Golden Globes
Richard Linklater scores his first Golden Globe award for best director while Birdman star Michael Keaton gets best actor
The top 20 films of 2014
We pick this year’s cinematic feats including Fury, Ida and Boyhood. How many have you seen?
The top 20 arthouse films of 2014
Bogeymen, carnal encounters and alien invasions – we explore the darkest corners of this year's leftfield cinema releases
Top 10 films for the American summer
Our pick of the best scorching summer flicks from the states to watch inside with the curtains closed
United States of Cinema: the Southwest
Turning back to the bottom left corner on our cinematic road trip, we pick one film which best represents each of the 50 states
Richard Linklater & Ellar Coltrane talk ‘Boyhood’
His 12 year experiment cataloguing a child's transition to adulthood is a mesmerising mirror on American pop culture
Boyhood was ‘painful to watch’ for Lorelei Linklater
Richard Linklater's daughter balled through her first watch and had to brush up on her Brit Brit for the 12-years-in-the-making film
