Family Portraits in the Films of Hirokazu Kore-eda Liz Gorny November 21, 2018 Analysis, Features, Spotlight With Shoplifters, Hirokazu Kore-eda tackles his most complex family unit to date: an impoverished, patchwork household who are biologically unrelated. Only occasionally featuring shoplifting, the film's title...
After the Storm – Cannes 2016 Review Nick Evan-Cook May 18, 2016 Reviews Japanese auteur Hirokazu Koreeda strikes gold yet again with this superlative and poetic portrait of another fractured family unit. Nobody paints for us the highs and lows of familial interaction quite...