Yoshimi, who came to Tokyo from the countryside filled with dreams and hopes, collapses by the roadside from hunger after failing to land a job. She is approached by Yuka, a former elementary school classmate who has undergone a striking transformation and is now working in door-to-door mobile phone sales. Swayed by Yuka’s words, Yoshimi heads out into the city to sell phones. Amidst this, an exhausted Yoshimi is approached by Goro, a host...
This surprisingly clever romantic comedy perfectly balances genuine heart with wild reality television chaos. It is an uplifting and funny reminder that second chances and real community can show up exactly when you stop looking for them.
With 'The Last Movie Stars,' filmmaker and fanboy Ethan Hawke cracks the facade of Hollywood's last golden couple, but reveals a couple who were committed to each other before all else.
The Noel Diary is about a man who unlocks an old diary containing secrets of the past.
I came across Urchin by chance and decided to watch it because of the title. It made me think of the spiky animal that lives at the bottom of the ocean, and the old Dickensian novels, where an urchin was an orphaned, homeless child in shaggy and dirty clothes.
Not every film can make a shopping mall feel both magical and menacing, but Forbidden Fruits challenges that.
As a huge fan of Sean Baker’s Tangerine, The Florida Project, and Red Rocket, I’ve wanted to watch Anora since before it even was released. But life got in the way, my watchlist grew, and honestly, the fact that it was marketed as a romantic comedy put me off. Even with all the critical praise and the five Academy Awards it won last year, I just kept postponing it indefinitely.
