Before Midnight

This third European outing with Celine and Jesse is a grand accomplishment.

"...with exquisite detail and notable flourish in Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise (1995) and Before Sunset (2004). These two films,..."

May 24, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Before and After

Screen 'Before Midnight' and its prequels back-to-back with AFS

"...took rather a unique approach to watching Richard Linklater's Before trilogy starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy...."

May 2, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

'Before Midnight' Takes a Bow at the Paramount

Richard Linklater on the future of his beloved trilogy

"...in line wondering if Saturday night’s SXSW screening of Before Midnight would begin before midnight, but as expected, the..."

March 10, 2013 SXSW Post by Jessi Cape

Linklater’s Before Trilogy comes to Criterion

Love, dreams, and destiny

"...Having classified the Before Trilogy as both a personal favorite and a mark..."

Feb. 24, 2017 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

Punk Trilogy Gets a Re-release

Penelope Spheeris speaks on her restored punk doc triptych

"...hyperbole, it's the truth. The Decline of Western Civilization trilogy, her ongoing chronicle of the Los Angeles punk rock..."

July 17, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

From the Vaults: Kieslowski's Tricolor Trilogy Unbundled

"Blue," "White," and "Red" reviewed

"...The revered director's Three Colors trilogy has been handsomely assembled in a Criterion Collection, infused..."

Dec. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

To Boldly Go Where No Opera Has Gone Before Opera: The Next Generation

"...with headset microphones and their singing is processed electronically before it is heard by the audience. There are two..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Arts Feature

AFS Announces 'Before Midnight' Premiere Event

Dinner and drinks with Jesse and Celine

"...Society today announced its premiere event for Richard Linklater's Before Midnight. The film, which meets up with Jesse (Ethan..."

April 26, 2013 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Dip, Sip, & ’Que: A Texas Trilogy

Day Trips on the best barbecue and swimming holes in Central Texas

"...a little community that still has the county courthouse before the county seat moved to Johnson City 125 years..."

June 30, 2016 Columns Post by Gerald E. McLeod

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The concluding chapter of Peter Jackson's Tolkien tales brings us full circle.

"...Tolkien’s 320-page prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy became, in Peter Jackson’s enormously capable but too often..."

Dec. 19, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Dark Knight Rises

An uncannily accurate mirror of the contemporary cultural zeitgeist, this epic finale to the Batman trilogy is just that: epic.

"...sound issues, the epic finale to Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy is just that: epic. Watching all three films in..."

July 20, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Heaven & Earth

"...he views as the third part of his “Vietnam trilogy,” following Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July...."

Dec. 24, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Elektra Luxx

Carla Gugino heads up this daffy film as the eponymous porn star, now retired, pregnant, and prone to self-reflection and the occasional moment of doubt.

"...and Julianne Moore. The second film in Gutierrez's Elektra trilogy is, like its predecessor, Women in Trouble, an odd..."

March 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Endhiran (Robot)

This extravagant Indian/Tamil production is an apocalyptic science fiction rom-com with elaborate dance set-pieces and music by A.R. Rahman.

"...Cameron's Terminator films, various permutations of Frankenstein, the Matrix trilogy, Stephen Chow's madcap action oeuvre, and even, I kid..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Relativity of Fineness

Crispin Glover on the It trilogy and his departed star and screenwriter

"...be debuting the second cinemanic chapter in his It trilogy (this one co-directed with David Brothers), the ominously titled..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

John Wick

Keanu Reeves and the filmmakers deliver the goods in this well-constructed revenge picture.

"...who you send to kill the fucking bogeyman.” – before the film sets about fulfilling it in grand displays..."

Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Boyhood

With Boyhood, filmmaker Richard Linklater paints his masterpiece.

"...the beginning of the film, Mason’s parents, too, age before our eyes in ways that are emotional as well..."

July 18, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Red Riding Hood

Catherine Hardwicke, the director of the first Twilight movie, helms this update of the fairy tale.

"...the director of the first film in the Twilight trilogy that has helped catapult vampires into the new symbol..."

March 18, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The first film in Jackson's Tolkien trilogy stays true to the spirit and logistics of the novels, but is also a breathtaking and beautiful work of art on its own.

"...the Ring, the first in Kiwi director Jackson's Tolkien trilogy (the other two films will be released on successive..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Glass

M. Night Shyamalan's meta-comic trilogy crashes into Earth with a dull splat

"...Glass is the capstone to this sneak-attack trilogy. If you haven’t encountered and absorbed the two previous..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Last Flag Flying

Three veterans embark on a road trip in Linklater's latest

"...Flying, Richard Linklater – the director of Slacker, the Before trilogy, and the 12-years-in-the-making Boyhood chronicle – resumes his..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem

Women's unequal status under Israeli law is vividly conveyed in this award-winning film

"...face speaks volumes. Gett is the third in a trilogy by the Elkabetzes, but it’s not the least bit..."

March 20, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Snapper

"...the second volume of Roddy Doyle's working class Irish trilogy (the first book was adapted by Alan Parker in..."

Feb. 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Rooster Teeth Teases RWBY Volume 8 at Comic-Con

Plus first word on Red vs Blue: Zero , Transformers

"...new series for Netflix, the Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy...."

July 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Irishman

Scorsese's filmmaking excellence can't mask a flawed retreading of mob history

"...Cuba vs. the Teamsters dynamic of the Underworld U.S.A. Trilogy. Yet where Ellroy openly fictionalizes, inserting made-up characters into..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Now You See Me 2

Now you can't un-see the second installment of Jon M. Chu's magical trilogy

"...be “carefully calculated pablum.” The second in a planned trilogy (tell me about it), this latest film catches us..."

June 10, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

As the series ends, we wonder what we'll do without our Katniss catnip

"...The final installment of Suzanne Collins’ wildly popular YA trilogy does not linger on past events, so if you..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

YA dystopia franchise continues in this sub-par sequel

"...it. The Maze Runner series, in James Dashner’s book trilogy and director Wes Ball’s film adaptations, is a circulator..."

Sept. 18, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Jupiter Ascending

The Wachowskis' space opera starring Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum is a visual dazzler but a narrative splice-and-dice.

"...Lana and Andy Wachowski, directors/writers/fabulators of the Matrix trilogy and Cloud Atlas return with an old-fashioned space opera..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Watch

The second in a Russian science-fiction trilogy is a fantastic sight to behold, but don't try explaining the plot.

"...science-fiction film is the middle work in a planned trilogy of movies based on the novels of Sergei Lukyanenko...."

June 15, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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