
‘Shoplifters’ MOVIE REVIEW: A Bittersweet, Wonderful, Must-See Cannes Winner
Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda delivers an emotional and engaging family portrait.
Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda delivers an emotional and engaging family portrait.
Despite a few stumbles, this hard-hitting crime story manages to deliver the goods.
The hand-drawn imagery is certainly gorgeous though.
Sombre in some moments and bursting with joy in others, this animated Japanese wartime film is a wonderful piece of storytelling.
We look at the history of this series and its presence in popular culture.
There’s good reason why this is, so far, the third most successful Japanese film in history.
Builds to an emotionally complex impasse, then lingers far too long on one somber status quo.