Before Sunrise

Love. It’s all you need, it conquers all, it’s patient and kind, it’s generally excellent. Even beyond those qualities is the fact that you never know where you might stumble into it. Romantic connections can happen in raves, school, or even online without ever encountering the object of your affections in real life! Or, if you’re a pair of attractive young people traveling across Europe, it can start in a train and follow you off said train and onto the streets of Vienna at night. I’m referring, of course, to the romance of Before Sunrise, a 1995 romance directed by Richard Linklater. The beginning of the Before trilogy has garnered vociferous praise from critics and fans alike for its simple, achingly romantic depiction of young love, and today the famous romantics Nathan and Elliot Magellan will be evaluating it. Let’s head to the lounge car and get this party started!