Don't You Know Me By Now?

In this episode, the perils of the real-time gimmick and the closing credits of Before Sunset with the limits of the method, the music of the 2000s, and missing out on awards for a well-deserved reason. Next week, the from the beginning to 6:03 of Before Midnight ! Show Notes The Before Trilogy  (Criterion Collection) The  Don't You Know Me By Now?  Production Schedule High Noon Phone Booth Gravit...

In this episode, the end of the road as we continue our discussion of Before Sunset with the thresholds of intimacy, performance as truth and disguise, and the stakes of courage.  Next week, the credits of Before Sunset ! Show Notes The Before Trilogy  (Criterion Collection) The  Don't You Know Me By Now?  Production Schedule Albert Delpy Julie Delpy Likes To Sing (IGN) Mississippi Goddam 200 Best...

In this episode, the forced intimacy of the back seat as we continue our discussion of Before Sunset with the stories we tell ourselves, the power of recovery, and the wounds of intimacy. Next week, we wrap up the movie in Celine's apartment from 64:18 to 76:57! Show Notes The Before Trilogy  (Criterion Collection) The  Don't You Know Me By Now?  Production Schedule Tolkien's  On Fairy-Stories Kev...

In this episode, we catch a boat to cross the Seine and continue our discussion of Before Sunset with love and marriage, the opportunity cost of diverging roads, and living great lives. Next week, we're in the car from 53:33 to 64:18! Show Notes The Before Trilogy  (Criterion Collection) The  Don't You Know Me By Now?  Production Schedule Quai Henri IV Dietrich von Choltitz A huge thank you to all...

In this episode, we promenade above the city streets and continue our discussion of Before Sunset with memory and narrative, courage and naiveté, and those things which only we can change.  Next week, we're beside and upon the Seine, from 42:24 to 53:33! Show Notes The Before Trilogy  (Criterion Collection) The  Don't You Know Me By Now?  Production Schedule A magical, green walk along Paris's Pro...

In this episode, we take a break Paris-style and continue our discussion of Before Sunset with age and transformation, the proliferation of Starbucks, strange timelessness, and horniness.  Next week, we're walking the garden path, from 31:34 to 42:24! Show Notes The Before Trilogy  (Criterion Collection) The  Don't You Know Me By Now?  Production Schedule Le Pure Café, A Purely Parisian Café Le Pu...

In this episode, we explore the side-streets of Paris and continue our discussion of Before Sunset with artists and muses, the process of objectification, the politics of hope, and a box office weekend to remember. Next week, we’re in the cafe, from 17:56 to 31:34! Show Notes The Before Trilogy (Criterion Collection) The Don’t You Know Me By Now? Production Schedule Weekend Box Office, July 4th 20...

In this episode, we begin our discussion of Before Sunset with comfort and discomfort, unexpected appearances in the back of the shot, layers of metatext and not being left-handed. Next week, we’re walk to the cafe, ending at 17:56! Show Notes The Before Trilogy (Criterion Collection) The Don’t You Know Me By Now? Production Schedule Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (2024) The Village Booksmith, Barabo...

In this episode, we wake from a dream with Linklater’s 2001 movie Waking Life as we discuss evolution and transhumanism, the real purpose of lucid dreaming, normalizing masculinity as humanity, and women talking. Next week, we’re watching the first part of Before Sunset , ending when Jesse leaves the bookstore at 8:20! Show Notes The Before Trilogy (Criterion Collection) The Don’t You Know Me By N...

In this episode, we finish up our conversation in part eleven of Before Sunrise as we discuss change and affirmation, the next steps in the careers of our featured players, Shakespearean propaganda and the best jangly guitar the ’90s had to offer. Next week, Waking Life (2001)! Show Notes The Before Trilogy (Criterion Collection) The Don’t You Know Me By Now? Production Schedule Fortnight (Taylor...

In this episode, we face the morning after the night before in part ten of Before Sunrise (87:33 to 98:24) as we discuss J.S. Bach’s Nintendo vibes, the romantic pressure of the ticking clock, and loving the known and familiar. Next week, credits and wrap up (98:24 to the end)! Show Notes The Before Trilogy (Criterion Collection) The Don’t You Know Me By Now? Production Schedule Only Connect J.S....

In this episode, we spend the last of the night together in part nine of Before Sunrise (78:51 to 87:33) as we discuss minds and bodies and the connections between, escape and restoration, and a bad plan that still works out. Next week, the sun rises and we return to the real world (87:33 to 98:24)! Show Notes The Before Trilogy (Criterion Collection) The Don’t You Know Me By Now? Production Sched...

In this episode, we phone home in part eight of Before Sunrise (67:32 to 78:51) as we discuss authenticity as performance and vice versa, being sick of our own thoughts, laundry achievements, and creating opportunities to experience stolen time. Next week, we make it to the park and the moments before sunrise (78:51 to 90:02)! Show Notes The Before Trilogy (Criterion Collection) The Don’t You Know...

In this episode, we wander the streets of the Bohemian Quarter in part seven of Before Sunrise (59:58 to 67:32) as we discuss third-wave feminism, the cultural shifts of the ’90s, the magic that exists between two people, and how Shakira would guard a door in a fantasy adventure. Next week, we’re making imaginary phone calls and taking a trip on a boat (67:32 to 78:51)! Show Notes The Before Trilo...

In this episode, we meet a poet on the banks of the Danube (or the canal of the Danube) in part six of Before Sunrise (45:59 to 59:58) as we discuss the worst conversation topic, magic and art and the intersection of the two, Boomers speaking with the voice of Gen X, and the classic pinball tables from the ’70s, ’80s, ’90s and today. Next week, we’re watching the scenes in the streets and the alle...

In this episode, we embrace the sacred and the skeptical in part five of Before Sunrise (36:13 to 45:59) as we discuss traffic problems in 17th-century Vienna, divination and the divine, anger and feminism, and choosing to make your own kind of magic. Next week, we’re watching the scenes with the poet and the club (45:59 to 59:58)! Show Notes The Before Trilogy (Criterion Collection) The Don’t You...

In this episode, music is the food of love in the fourth part of Before Sunrise (25:57 to 36:13) as we discuss immediacy and intimacy, politics and rebellion, the cinematography of kissing, the emotional economics of love and the magic of music on vinyl. Next week, we’re watching the scenes at the cafe, with the fortune teller, and in the church (36:13 to 45:59). Show Notes The Before Trilogy (Cri...

In this episode, we go from train to tram in the third part of Before Sunrise (17:02 to 25:57) and discuss poses and performances, promoting community theater, stretching for symbolism, Freudianism and emotional vulnerability, and the power of almost touching. Next week, we’re watching the scenes in the record store, on the Ferris wheel and at the carnival, from 25:57 to 36:13! Show Notes The Befo...

In this episode, boy meets girl on the train to Vienna in the second part of Before Sunrise (2:37 to 17:02) and discuss public arguments, Byronic grunge, absurdist pornography, pre-millennial anxiety, social transgression and talking to women in public. Next week, we’re watching the scenes on the bridge and the tram, from 17:02 to 25:57! Show Notes The Before Trilogy (Criterion Collection) The Don...

In this episode, we watch the opening credits of Before Sunrise (00:00 to 2:37) and discuss studio logos, writing and improvising, the romance of rail, Scottish newsagents and Polish brothers. Next week, we’re watching the scene on the train, from 2:37 to 17:02! Show Notes The Before Trilogy (Criterion Collection) The Don’t You Know Me By Now? Production Schedule Castle Rock “The History of  Befor...

In Don’t You Know Me By Now? media critics and films fans Elizabeth and Alastair will walk in the footsteps of Jesse and Celine through Richard Linklater’s unforgettable trilogy Before Sunrise, Before Sunset and Before Midnight . ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★