I’ve been a follower of Richard Linklater’s work since taking a chance on Before Sunrise.  Maybe it was still feeling (or not willing to release) the sting of a breakup at the time, but a film about two young people genuinely talking to one another and falling in love for two hours was an achievement in capturing the beautiful ups and downs of life.  And then Before Sunset came along, and the same couple of kids grew into weathered adults.  The voices and eyes between Jesse and Céline carried a staggering realness to their characters.  Film can harness the greatest of human emotions and experiences, and this is why I can’t wait for boyhood:

Ever since I first heard of this project a few years ago, I hadn’t a clue as to when to expect it, but here it is.  As much as I can’t wait to witness the unprecedented act of a protagonist actually maturing over the course in one film, I most look forward to Linklater’s take on the title subject.  I look on my own boyhood with equal parts awe, embarrassment, shame, triumph, confusion, horror, humor . . . you know, that whole bag.  Adolescence is a hell of a time for everyone, and we all could’ve used some sort of survival manual that started with “Relax, you’re going to be fine.”  I think this film will do something like that.