Before Midnight

Richard Linklater: ‘Boyhood was one thing, but I’m going to be in my 80s by the time this next one’s done’

The director shot his 2014 film over 12 years, documenting his cast growing older. As it’s re-released, the director reflects on his beautiful ‘time sculpture’ as well as a potential follow-up to Before Midnight and his 20-year project with Paul Mescal

Xan Brooks

09, Mar, 2023 @4:00 PM

Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke: how we made the Before Sunrise trilogy

‘Remembering that much dialogue was torture’

Interviews by Phil Hoad

04, Nov, 2019 @2:58 PM

Julie Delpy 'refused' to be in Before Midnight without equal pay

French actor says she insisted on being paid the same as co-star Ethan Hawke in romantic drama

Andrew Pulver

03, Oct, 2019 @5:02 PM

Bad romance: a thorny history of marital strife on film

The brittle comedy drama The Lovers shows a marriage in crisis, following in a well-trodden tradition of films about difficult relationships

Guy Lodge

05, May, 2017 @11:00 AM

Richard Linklater: ‘Someone’s living back there, and he’s murdered somebody’

As his lodger is re-convicted for murder, the director talks about the Texan justice system, the art of storytelling – and why he’ll always be a slacker at heart

Simon Hattenstone

30, Apr, 2016 @8:00 AM

Before Midnight: my most overrated film

Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy seem to think they’re scaling the intellectual heights as they swan around the sun-kissed Greek countryside, but their conversational ramblings are as dull as ditchwater, writes Ellie Violet Bramley

Ellie Violet Bramley

19, Nov, 2014 @10:51 AM

Why Before Midnight is the one film you should watch this week - video

Xan Brooks recommends Richard Linklater's third stroll around the block with Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Céline (Julie Delpy)

Presented by Xan Brooks and produced by Henry Barnes

14, Nov, 2013 @7:30 AM

There are no final truths in relationships

Tim Lott: The film Before Midnight made me think about acceptance and resignation – and the difference between the two

Tim Lott

19, Jul, 2013 @11:59 AM

Before Midnight rages against film's dying of the light

David Cox: With talky TV drama more and more dominant, has film ceded the intellectual high ground for ever? Pieces such as Richard Linklater's latest seem to offer a sliver of hope

David Cox

24, Jun, 2013 @3:50 PM

Trailer Trash

Before Midnight's stellar work for the Greek tourist board and Moby's mission to help indie film-makers. By Jason Solomons

Jason Solomons

22, Jun, 2013 @11:05 PM

Before Midnight - video review

Xan Brooks, Catherine Shoard and Peter Bradshaw review Before Midnight

Xan Brooks, Catherine Shoard, Peter Bradshaw, Henry Barnes, Richard Sprenger and Thibaut Remy

21, Jun, 2013 @3:34 PM

The Guardian Film Show: Before Midnight, World War Z, Like Someone in Love and Spike Island - video review

Xan Brooks, Catherine Shoard and Peter Bradshaw review Before Midnight, World War Z, Like Someone in Love and Spike Island