On a basic level, all movies serve the same purpose: to answer questions. Maybe they answer one question, maybe several, but no matter the number, an inquisitive engine drives every cinematic enterprise....

The year of 2014 brought so many amazing films to the world. From Alejandro González Iñárritu’s “Birdman” to Richard Linklater’s “Boyhood” to Wes Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel,”...

Best New Boston Bite: 2014, year of the fancy doughnut Brooke Jackson-Glidden While San Francisco is hyperventilating over $4 toast, Boston has the breakfast game down with a new twist on a classic. Let’s...

Ellar Coltrane uses a flip phone. The star of “Boyhood,” whose entire maturation process is seen on screen by each person who contributed to its $21,808,498-and-counting box office take, had to search...

Legend has it that Richard Linklater was once challenged to make a film around a conversation. The film was “Before Sunrise,” whose restricted single-night setting and honest intensity vaulted Linklater...