SLAM Cinema—Before Sunrise

Saint Louis Art Museum is showing Before Sunrise on Friday, April 9, 2027, as part of its SLAM Cinema series. It's a free screening, so you can catch the whole thing without paying for a ticket.

Before Sunrise is the 1995 film directed by Richard Linklater. If you haven't seen it, the premise is pretty simple: two strangers meet on a train and spend a single night walking around Vienna, talking. Most of the movie is just that—two people getting to know each other through conversation, with the city as their backdrop. It's the first of Linklater's Before trilogy, which follows the same pair over the next two decades, so this is where the whole thing starts.

Because it's a SLAM Cinema screening, it's happening inside the museum, and it's free. You don't need a ticket to get in. The screening starts at 6:30 PM, so if you want to see it from the beginning, that's your time. It's a Friday night, which makes it easy to fit into a weekend without having to clear your whole day.

If you've never seen it, it's a good place to start with Linklater. If you have, it's a chance to see it again on a big screen. The screening is at Saint Louis Art Museum in St. Louis, starting at 6:30 PM on Friday, April 9, 2027, and admission is free.