Directed by Richard Linklater • 1995 • United States
Starring Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
An exquisitely understated ode to the thrill of romantic possibility, the inaugural installment of THE BEFORE TRILOGY opens with a chance encounter between two solitary young strangers. After they hit it off on a train bound for Vienna, the Paris university student Celine and the scrappy American tourist Jesse impulsively decide to spend a day together before he returns to the U.S. the next morning. As the pair roam the streets of the stately city, Richard Linklater’s tenderly observant gaze captures the uncertainty and intoxication of young love, from the first awkward stirrings of attraction to the hopeful promise that Celine and Jesse make upon their inevitable parting.
Directed by Richard Linklater • 2001 • United States
Starring Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Uma Thurman
Filmed on digital video within the confines of a motel room with a cast of just three actors, Richard Linklater’s TAPE turns stylistic limitations into gripping psychodrama. In a cheap hot...
Directed by Richard Linklater • 2004 • United States
Starring Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
In the breathtaking follow-up to BEFORE SUNRISE, Celine tracks down Jesse, now an author, at the tail end of his book tour in Paris, with only a few hours left before he is to board a flight back home to the S...
Directed by Richard Linklater • 2008 • United States
Starring Augie Garrido, Cathy Clark, Roger Clemens
Richard Linklater’s profile of legendary University of Texas baseball coach Augie Garrido, until 2018 the winningest coach in the history of college baseball, goes beyond his remarkable achiev...
