The cinema of Koreeda Hirokazu is defined by moments of everyday life. Whatever potential there is for heightened drama – the suicide of a husband, a cult massacre, abandoned children – it is diffused by the familiar rhythms of everydayness. This attention to the everyday must be understood within the context of death, which plays a significant role in all of Koreeda’s films. It is death that deepens our sense of life and makes even the most mundane moment seem profound.
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Extremis69%
Being James Bond77%
Joker: Put on a Happy Face80%
Hitchcock/Truffaut72%
Spider-Man: All Roads Lead to No Way Home67%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Directed by John Ford70%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
The Class of ‘9271%
Black Sheep72%
Public Speaking70%
Heart of a Dog65%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Sherman's March67%
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty77%
A Plastic Ocean75%
McQueen74%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
Casting By68%
