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BEFORE AND AFTER – Howard Shore

March 19, 2026 Leave a comment

THROWBACK THIRTY

Original Review by Jonathan Broxton

It’s always fascinating to me how a movie, on paper, can have the absolute best possible pedigree in terms of filmmaking and acting talent, and yet completely flop at the box office and immediately fade into obscurity. Before and After is one of those films. It’s directed by Barbet Schroeder, who received an Oscar nomination for directing Reversal of Fortune in 1990, and later went on to make Single White Female in 1992. It was adapted from the original novel by Rosellen Brown by Ted Tally, who won an Oscar for writing The Silence of the Lambs. The cast is led by Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson, alongside Alfred Molina and Edward Furlong, fresh from his breakout role in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Read more…