Richard Linklater returned to form as a critical darling with "A Scanner Darkly" (released in the same year), 2009's "Me and Orson Welles" garnering an 85% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and 2012's "Bernie" receiving a 91% rating. In 2014 he released a film in the making for 12 years titled "Boyhood", which received overwhelming critical acclaim. His daughter Lorelei Linklater co-stars in the film as the sister of the central character. For a while Linklater was attached to direct a remake of "The Incredible Mr. Limpet" for Warner Brothers. In 2014, however, he dropped the project in favor of working on a
2014 Sundance Film Festival 2014 Sundance Film Festival The 2014 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 16, 2014 until January 26, 2014 in Park City, Utah, United States, with screenings in Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance Resort in Utah. The festival opened with "Whiplash" directed by Damien Chazelle and closed with musical drama "Rudderless" directed by William H. Macy. The festival honored late Roger Ebert and premiered "Life Itself" by Steve James, a biographical documentary film based on Ebert's 2011 memoir titled as "Life Itself: A Memoir" on 19 January 2014. The festival introduced a new film category titled "Sundance Kids", which