20 Best Indie Movies Of 2016

Dubbed the spiritual sequel to his 1993 cult comedy classic Dazed and Confused, Richard Linklater’s latest offering switches from a 1970s high school setting to the start of a freshman’s first year at university in the early 1980s but like its predecessor focuses on a group of young ‘uns on the cusp of adulthood and is every bit as charming and nostalgic too.

Like Dazed, Slacker and Boyhood before it not much goes on plot-wise in Everybody Wants Some!!, at least on the surface. His films in this vein are more like snapshots of ordinary and relatable people at ordinary and relatable, yet nevertheless significant, turning points in their lives.

Part of the movie’s charm and success is no doubt owed to its cast of relatively unknown young actors who bring a likeable naturalism to their roles. And of course, for the 80s throwbacks out there, the retro soundtrack and fashion are a nostalgic treat for the senses.