Movie:dazed And Confused
- NewsKevin Polowy
Role Recall: Parker Posey on 'Dazed' Breakout, How 'Coneheads' Linked Her With Christopher Guest, and More
Parker Posey says it was “terrifying” doing her first Christopher Guest-directed films, Waiting for Guffman (1996) and Best in Show (2000), since the mostly improvised mockumentaries barely contained any written dialogue for the actors. Such a statement is surprising to hear given that Parker has played so many characters oozing with confidence, no matter how flighty, artsy, or stuffy they otherwise were.
- NewsMeriah Doty
'Everybody Wants Some' Exclusive Trailer: Richard Linklater Delivers 'Spiritual Sequel' to 'Dazed and Confused'
Dazed and Confused is finally getting its “spiritual sequel,” as writer-director Richard Linklater describes it to Yahoo Movies. More than 20 years after the release of his breakout film, set on a high school campus in the late ‘70s, the acclaimed filmmaker has recruited a new crop of young actors to portraying college life in 1980 in the forthcoming comedy Everybody Wants Some. You can watch the first trailer above, exclusively on Yahoo.
- NewsMeriah Doty
The Matthew McConaughey McConaissance
UPDATE Jan. 16, 2014: Matthew McConaughey won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama and has been nominated for an Academy Award. Some have labeled Matthew McConaughey’s recent career winning streak “the McConaissance.” And he keeps on winning. The 44-year-old actor was nominated for his first Academy Award on Thursday for his role as a Texas man struggling with HIV-AIDS in “Dallas Buyers Club." Add to this his first Golden Globe Award win for the same role and his small-but-memorable
