Before Midnight
Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
Another nine years down the line, Hawke, Delpy, and director Richard Linklater return to the romantic, flirtatious series they began with 1995’s Before Sunrise and continued with 2004’s Before Sunset and—surprise, surprise—the tank still has plenty of gas. Unspooling during an idyllic Greek vacation (with two young twins in the backseat), the new chapter expresses the lovely resignation of a longtime relationship eased into habit and routine. All the dialogue is effortless, with both stars hitting career highs, yet the material is tougher, resentments boiling over hypnotically. You know these fights; you’ve had these fights. Go when you’re feeling in an adult mood.