The third installment in Richard Linklater's series of films examining the evolving relationship between Jesse and Celine proves to be the best yeat, and one of the year's most accomplished films. Read more »
Before Midnight
REVIEW: Before Midnight
Richard Linklater and his stars/co-writers Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy revisit Jesse and Celine once more in the third installment of their ever-improving Before franchise. It is fair to say that very few people were even aware of this film’s existence before it was announced as part of the Sundance line-up at the beginning of […] Read more »
Before Sunset
Set nine years after the events in Vienna, Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) meet again in Paris, where Jesse is giving a reading from his new novel – based in large part on their encounter from the first film. While this is the first time they have met or spoken since, they quickly […] Read more »
Before Sunrise
In the run-up to the release of Richard Linklater’s Before Midnight, it seemed appropriate to revisit his two earlier installments in the occasionally intersecting lives of Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy). Back in 1995 I remember hearing a lot of truth in the pseudo-intellectual rantings of this young couple on their overnight first […] Read more »
Three Colours: White
A surprising change of pace after the profound intoxicating power of Blue, this second chapter in Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Three Colours trilogy is a lighter, goofier affair. Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski) will do anything to win the love of his young French wife, Dominique (Julie Delpy), who sets out to divorce him for failing to […] Read more »