BEFORE MIDNIGHT
This is the third film in Richard Linklater's extraordinary 'Before trilogy', following 'Before Sunrise' and 'Before Sunset'. Each film is made nine years after the one before, and collectively they track a relationship between American Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and French Céline (Julie Delpy). The most remarkable thing about these films is that they don't have much in the way of a plot but instead include prolonged dialogue scenes between Jesse and Céline which seem very natural. At the end of 'Before Sunset' Jesse and Céline had rekindled their relationship. Nine years on they are still together, living in Paris, and are parents to beautiful twin girls. Jesse is now a successful writer and Celine has her own career, something to do with environmental projects. Does this mean that everything in their world is rosy? Well not exactly. Jesse is worried that he doesn't see enough of Hank, his teenage son from a fail...