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A Japanese elementary schoolyard under late-afternoon light with empty playground equipment

Monster: Kore-eda's Tripled Narrative

Hirokazu Kore-eda's 2023 film, released in the US in late 2023 and on streaming through 2024, is a specifically disciplined three-act structural experiment. Also, quietly, one of the most important queer films of recent cinema.

Lena Ashworth·30 May·5 min

A Japanese mountain forest in early morning mist, a single trail winding out of view

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Evil Does Not Exist: Hamaguchi's Quietest Provocation

Ryusuke Hamaguchi's follow-up to Drive My Car is the quietest major film of the year. An argument for the patience the film requires and rewards.

Lena Ashworth·25 May·5 min