Criterion doesn’t slack on the extras with their Blu-ray upgrade of Linklater’s shaggy-dog ode to one mixed-up generation.
To many fans dismay, the arenas in which the film is most likely to fall short are the acting categories.
People who saw the film wondered if they met up again. So did the filmmakers.
Both discuss how the Before saga has ebbed, flowed, and evolved with spontaneity, like life itself.
For those enmeshed in the critical universe, or just plain savvy about film, pullquotes can have a powerful effect.
These films have always been about the power of words, their ability to bridge gulfs of time and space, the thrill of ideas and opinions taking definitive shape.
You couldn’t help but wonder if this year’s Ebertfest was going to be the last.
Before Midnight, the latest film by hometown hero Richard Linklater, was one of the festival’s most anticipated features, and it didn’t disappoint.
Prince Avalanche, a Judd Apatow-like bromance elevated to the realm of near-myth, is an extremely odd, deliberately jarring work.
It derives its success from the unsentimental alchemy of its frank dialogue, chemistry between its two leads, and Linklater’s deceptively simple visual style.
Jack Black gives a career-best performance in an effortlessly entertaining film.
The film is an uncertainly antic case history that never achieves pathos, only shticky black farce.
Kirsten Sheridan’s Dollhouse feels unstable but also achingly real.
The imagery and luxurious auditory landscape retains a potency on this disc that hits like a freshly lit, well-rolled joint.
I have to make a screening so this has to be a short one. Insert acknowledgement of the double entendre.
The film exudes the confidence of an artist willing to risk driving its audience up a wall in order to realize a defiantly unique personal vision.
Ahh, baseball! The invigorating thrill of freshly cut grass, the sweet pop of leather and oak on a summer day!
The Great Directors is at the very least a breezy bit of cinephiliac entertainment.
The filmmaker brothers discuss their latest feature, which is out next month from Fox Searchlight Pictures.
Linklater’s two films move us towards a new understanding of the genre of romantic films.