NPR's Tamara Keith spoke with the star of the film, Ellar Coltrane, who spent more than a decade shooting the movie. This story first aired on July 12 on Weekend Edition Saturday. Time to roll out the ...

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 ...

Ellar Coltrane has lined up his next gig after his breakout role in Oscar nominee “Boyhood,” having signed on to join Tom Hanks and Emma Watson in James Ponsoldt’s “The Circle,” sources confirm to ...

In the film, Coltrane plays Mason Jr. from ages 6 to 18, and the audience sees Coltrane grow and mature in real time. Cast at a young age, Coltrane said that he began work on Boyhood as just a child ...

Richard Linklater’s new film “Boyhood,” which opened the BAMcinemafest Wednesday at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Harvey Theater, follows the life of Mason Evans Jr., from age six through 18. The ...

Ellar decided to professionally go by his middle name, Coltrane, just before Boyhood was released. He's not the first man in his family to use a stage name, either; his dad Bruce Salmon, a musician, ...

Ellar Coltrane stars in Boyhood, Richard Linklater’s epic about growing up, which opens this week. Ellar Coltrane was seven when he began shooting for Boyhood, the extraordinary new film by Richard ...

The actor, who spent 12 years making his feature debut, discusses what's next for him in a new interview. READ MORE: 7 Films New to Netflix to Watch In November 2016, Including ‘Boyhood’ and ‘The ...

Ellar Coltrane was every bit the picture of rosebud youth at Thursday night’s celebration in honor of director Richard Linklater and the cast of “Boyhood.” “It’s me and I’m changing and it’s me at ...