Directed by Yasujiro Ozu A young man, Ryosuke, receives a surprise visit from his mother, Tsune, in Ozu's The Only Son. Their visit lasts a quiet couple of days in Tokyo, and through strained pleasantries she learns for the first time that he is married and has a son. A night school teacher, he is quietly ashamed of … Continue reading The Only Son (1936)
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Dragged Across Concrete (2018)
Directed by S. Craig Zahler Dragged Across Concrete is a purposefully slow genre movie. It moves with what at first seems like the type of patience that implies something more going on underneath the surface, but ultimately I think it's just the scattered first draft of a movie that isn't sure what it wants to … Continue reading Dragged Across Concrete (2018)
Columbus (2017) [Revisited]
Directed by Kogonada "Your mother, did she do meth?" Columbus looks to have been made with other films in mind. At one point during the soothing, walk and talk movie, Jin (John Cho) points out to Casey (Haley Lu Richardson) that their respective problems aren't easy to solve because, this "isn't a movie." It's one … Continue reading Columbus (2017) [Revisited]
I Draw on My Wall 