Directed by Richard Linklater (1993, 102 min.)
Hollywood Forever Cemetery / $14
Gates at 645 / Movie at 830

Richard Linklater’s love letter to teenage life captures the exhilaration of youth as we follow a group of high school kids on their last day of school in 1976. A group of seniors teeter on the unknown as they enter adulthood, and freshmen run for their lives from a brutal initiation, inevitable to all who attend the Texas high school. Characters rule the film, and Linklater’s dead-pan pop sensibility favors those on the fringe and as a late night outdoor party brings everyone together, the camaraderie of adolescence outshines social rigidity. The film is pure joy, the kind of movie you want to stay in forever, and the rock soundtrack is the most ripping in all of cinema. DJs Zach Cowie and Elijah Wood spin before the screening.