The facade of every time travel movie is that they force our minds into the pseudo-problem of the free will. It is always man’s biggest query to solve the very reason of our existence, whether we have full autonomy of our actions or some things are just inevitable since they are
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Before Sunset
Like a high school reunion, Before Sunset is a rekindling of lost loves, and reigniting friendships we hoped to last forever. Director Richard Linklater revisits the American Jesse and the French lady Céline 9 years after their night in Vienna, which is also 9 years after the release of the
Before Midnight
Time is a consistent fascination for Richard Linklater. Friend or foe, time in his films is always depicted for being the most humanizing aspect of life—which it is. Everyone seem lost in its evanescence, compelling transports away and back to the present, and daring to bend its ephemeral and often
Before Sunrise
In our finite existence which is being challenged by both the ideas of determinism and randomness, the profound sense of connection between earthly beings are often in the most ephemeral encounters. Before Sunrise creates two memorable vivid characters in the romantic setting of Vienna conversing about some pseudo-intellectual ideas about
Boyhood
When does fiction end and reality begin in Boyhood? Or are we the fictional ones instead? In this daunting film, auteur Richard Linklater documents a story close to our hearts, and close to our time. Much of the merit this feature has reaped is in its effort to capture its
