Before Midnight

Before Midnight (2013) starring Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy. Directed by Richard Linklater. Follow-up to 1995 and 2004 films brings the two main characters up to date, with Hawke as a father torn by the absence of his son, while Delpy is the now-middle-aged mother of his two twin daughters. The movie consists mostly of one long conversation between the two, which devolves into an argument, which gets pretty nasty before it is over. Although the movie consists almost entirely of this one dialogue, it doesn't fail to hold the viewer's interest, and gives birth to profound thoughts about relationships past and present. If you've followed these characters through the two earlier movies -- "Before Sunrise" and "Before Sunset" -- you will want to see this installment and be brought up to date. Good, mature filmmaking. (Subtitles are available in English for the hearing-impaired, but not closed captions.) Grade: A-