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film1 month ago•14 min saved

Koreeda’s 'Look Back' Debuts at Venice as a Lush, Slow-Burn Tribute to Artistic Bonding

Hirokazu Koreeda’s live-action adaptation of Tatsuki Fujimoto’s manga 'Look Back' premiered in the Venice Film Festival competition on September 6, 2026. The 100-minute drama follows two young girls, Fujino and Kyomoto, who bond over their shared passion for creating manga. While the film expands significantly on the 2024 anime version, critics praise its visual beauty and emotional depth, though some note the pacing feels stretched compared to the original source material.

via The Hollywood Reporter|

#film #hirokazu-koreeda #live-action-adaptation

entertainment2 months ago•18 min saved

July's Cinephile Roundup: Screwball Humor, Gen-Z Gags, and AI Family Dramas

July's film round-up serves a varied menu: Gregg Araki's I Want Your Sex brings cheeky screwball energy and social bite; Kevin Hart's 72 Hours on Netflix leans into generational comedy but is uneven; Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender on Paramount+ dazzles visually yet remains mostly fan-service; Koreeda's Sheep In The Box softer in tone, probes AI surrogate dynamics but struggles to find a tight dramatic through-line.

via A.V. Club|

#avatar-the-last-airbender #entertainment #film-reviews

film3 months ago•19 min saved

Ink Opens, Bertolucci Doc Closes: Venice 2026 Lineup Unveiled

Deadline reveals the Venice Film Festival 2026 lineup (Sept. 2–12): opening film Ink by Danny Boyle and closing title Dio Ride by Giovanni Veronesi; in-competition titles include Casey Affleck’s directorial debut Company, Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love, Hirokazu Koreeda’s Look Back, Martin McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine, and Nanni Moretti’s Succederà Questa Notte. Out of Competition features Paul Schrader’s The Basics of Philosophy, Luca Guadagnino’s Bernardo Bertolucci documentary Joie De Vivre, Wim Wenders’ Peter Zumthor doc, and Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger; Laura Poitras presents They’re Here. Maggie Gyllenhaal heads the Competition jury, and George Clooney and Ellen Burstyn receive the Golden Lion lifetime achievement award.

via Deadline|

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entertainment5 months ago•477 min saved

Koreeda’s Gentle AI-Grief Tale Finds Humanity in a High-Tech Afterlife

At Cannes 2026, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Sheep in the Box imagines a near-future where grieving parents lease a humanoid clone of their dead son, powered by AI. The film treats the unsettling premise with quiet melancholy, focusing on Otone and Kensuke’s struggle to grieve and heal, rather than promoting the technology or warning against it. While it nods to AI-dramas like A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Her, Kore-eda’s restrained approach centers on memory, guilt, and human connection instead of a dystopian alarmist message.

via Vulture|

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