Boyhood

Filmed with the same group of actors over a 12 year period from 2002 to 2013, Richard Linklater's masterpiece is an engrossing one-of-a-kind epic about the ordinary: growing up, the banality of family life, and forging an identity. The film tracks 6 year old Mason (Ellar Coltrane) over life’s most radically fluctuating decade, through a familiar whirl of family moves, controversies, faltering marriages, re-marriages, new schools, first loves, lost loves, good times, scary times and a constantly unfolding mix of heartbreak and wonder. Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke play Mason’s parents struggling to help Mason navigate life’s non-stop flux, and watching as he emerges to head down his own road. Winner of best film at this months' BAFTAs, Boyhood is totally unprecedented in its intimacy and quietly radical in its own unique way. What an astonishing achievement, and what an impressive feat of filmmaking from all involved – this is a film to celebrate and savour, and one that will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time. If you missed it earlier in the year, take this a one of lifes second chances. If you're one of the many that made it our most watched film this year come and relive again the joys and perils of youth.

• The evening screening of Boyhood on Tue 17 Feb are part of our Cinébites deal: get a cinema ticket, veggie or meat chilli, and a drink (wine/beer or soft drink) for only £15.

Ticket prices: Screenings before 16:00: £5.50 full / £4.00 concessions. Screenings after 16:00: £8.00 full / £6.50 concessions.

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