Lucas Hilderbrand

In Richard Linklater’s Before Sunrise (1995), two young lovers, the American Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and the Frenchwoman Celine (Julie Delpy), meet on a train travelling across Europe and spend a magical night together in Vienna before parting at dawn. Filmed in nine-year intervals, the film’s sequels Before Sunset (2004) and Before Midnight (2013) forge an unexpected trilogy brimming with longing,...

This latest addition to the Queer Film Classics series pays homage to the award-winning 1991 documentary Paris Is Burning, which looks at the struggle of African-American and Latino participants in the 1980s New York drag ball scene. Capturing the energy, wit and diversity of a lively underground sub-culture, Jennie Livingston's film became a surprise hit upon its initial release. A...