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Home » Hirokazu Kore-eda

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Posted inFilm

Ben Sachs picks the top ten—well, 13—movies of 2018

by Ben Sachs December 21, 2018August 18, 2021

A mix of the new, the old, and new work by the old

Posted inFilm

In Shoplifters, the sharpest insights are blurred by sentimentality

by Ben Sachs December 14, 2018August 18, 2021

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s film about an impoverished makeshift family won the Palme d’Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.

Posted inBlogs

Taylor Bennett at Lollapalooza and more of the best things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Katie Powers August 2, 2018August 18, 2021

Silk Road Rising’s New China Festival and more goings on 8/3-8/5.

Posted inFilm

The Third Murder deepens on a repeat screening

by Ben Sachs August 1, 2018August 18, 2021

Hirokazu Kore-eda directed this Japanese legal drama about a homicide that’s not what it seems.

Posted inFilm

Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter: A Japanese comedy by two guys from Austin

by Ben Sachs March 25, 2015August 18, 2021

In Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter, a Tokyo office drone arrives in Minnesota to dig up the loot from Fargo.

Like Father, Like Son
Posted inFilm

Like Father, Like Son: That’s my boy, I think

by Ben Sachs January 29, 2014August 18, 2021

Hirokazu Kore-edu’s Like Father, Like Son is a tale of children switched at birth.

Posted inBlogs

Finding the right stories for winter, when getting to the theater proves difficult

by Ben Sachs January 27, 2014August 18, 2021

There aren’t many epic narratives playing in theaters, so I’ve had to get my fix elsewhere.

Posted inBlogs

My favorite Chicago movie premieres of 2013, 30-21

by Ben Sachs December 21, 2013August 19, 2021

The first in a multipart series on notable movies to first appear in Chicago this past year

Posted inBlogs

This week in Claire Denis: Talking with Andrea Gronvall about I Can’t Sleep and Trouble Every Day

by Ben Sachs November 20, 2013August 19, 2021

A conversation about two of the French filmmaker’s most challenging and most lurid films

The Missing Picture
Posted inFilm

Our guide to the 49th Chicago International Film Festival

by Drew Hunt, J.R. Jones, Tal Rosenberg, Ben Sachs, Brianna Wellen, Dave Kehr and Fred Camper October 9, 2013August 19, 2021

The 49th Chicago International Film Festival: Reviews of all the highlights from week one, plus four director spotlights

Posted inBlogs

Underground movies, one flight up—and other notable screenings

by J.R. Jones May 31, 2012August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Killer flicks and pho

by Ed M. Koziarski May 1, 2009August 19, 2021

Rodan’s Soupline Cinema Sundays serve up classics by Wong Kar Wai, Kurosawa, Kore-eda and Sammo Hung.

Posted inBlogs

First breath, second wind

by J.R. Jones December 30, 2008August 19, 2021

Film Center brings back the local indie “The First Breath of Tengan Rei.”

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