Posts Tagged ‘Before Sunrise’
Film Review – Rye Lane
Raine Allen Miller’s feature length directorial debut, Rye Lane (2023) is an exuberant romantic comedy. Along with writers Nathan Bryon and Tom Melia, Miller creates a portrait of two twenty-somethings that feels like a throwback and a modern update at the same time. There are odes to the past, with…
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Film Review – Where’d You Go, Bernadette
I don’t know if Where’d You Go, Bernadette (2019) is one of the worst films of the year, but it is definitely one of the most disappointing. It’s adapted by Maria Semple’s bestselling novel, directed and cowritten by Richard Linklater – creator of Slacker (1990)…
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Film Review – Last Flag Flying
One of Richard Linklater’s greatest strengths, as both a writer and a director, is revealing deeper truths about his characters through their interactions with one another. It’s one thing to film people talking, it’s another to do it and make it feel alive, thought provoking,…
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Film Review – Just a Sigh
Loneliness, making connections, and beautiful visuals make Just a Sigh an enjoyable meditation. The two-random-people-meeting-and-forming-a-connection is nothing new; it is a favorite trope of romance novels and there are many great films that have taken this to new levels, the Before Sunrise trilogy being one…
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SXSW Film Review – Before Midnight
One of the most hotly anticipated films making the rounds on the indie circuit has been the latest chapter in the saga of Jesse and Celine, Before Midnight, from director Richard Linklater. After stops at the Toronto International Film Festival and Sundance, I was finally…
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Film Review – 2 Days in New York
I’ll just come out and say it: I’m an idiot. It turns out that the only thing I can remember seeing Julie Delpy in is An American Werewolf in Paris. Looking at her listing on IMDb, I notice that I’ve seen some other projects she’s…
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Episode 140 – Richard Linklater
In honor of the release of Bernie, Spencer and Greg look back on Richard Linklater’s career.
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