Shoplifters – Review Tom Bond November 23, 2018 Reviews This film was previously reviewed on 15/05/2018 as part of the Cannes Film Festival. Hirokazu Kore-eda is on familiar ground with Shoplifters, the story of an unconventional family unit on the fringes of...
Shoplifters – Cannes 2018 Review Tom Bond May 15, 2018 Reviews Hirokazu Kore-eda is on familiar ground with Shoplifters, the story of an unconventional family unit on the fringes of society who beg, steal and borrow to get by. It’s the most fun Kore-eda has been in...
The Third Murder – Review Jack Blackwell March 25, 2018 Reviews This film was previously reviewed on 05/09/17 as part of the Venice Film Festival. A rare foray into more genre-style filmmaking for master of small family dramas Hirokazu Koreeda, The Third Murder is a...
The Third Murder – Venice 2017 Review Jack Blackwell September 5, 2017 Reviews A rare foray into more genre-style filmmaking for master of small family dramas Hirokazu Koreeda, The Third Murder is a slow-burning, twisty mystery that is ultimately too convoluted to really satisfy as a...
Is Hirokazu Koreeda The Most Underrated Director Around? L D June 1, 2017 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Although Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Koreeda has been working for decades, and although his films have been celebrated across the festival circuit, he is not yet a household name. That kind of international...
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...
Our Little Sister – Review Andrew Daley April 17, 2016 Reviews Koreeda follows in the steps of Western directors such as Ken Loach and Andrea Arnold with Our Little Sister, embracing the social realism genre with three Japanese sisters in this heartwarming insight into...