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Home » Yasujiro Ozu

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Posted inFilm

Movie Tuesday: What do kids know?

by Ben Sachs September 17, 2019August 18, 2021

Five major films about children

Posted inFilm

Movie Tuesday: A few words (and movies) on kindness

by Ben Sachs August 20, 2019August 18, 2021

Five films that depict people—and cinema—at their best

Posted inBlogs

Terrence Malick loves us—he just has a peculiar way of showing it

by Ben Sachs March 29, 2017August 18, 2021

With Song to Song, the Austin-based filmmaker finds transcendental beauty in his hometown’s music scene.

Posted inBlogs

The rise and fall of a techno DJ, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones June 26, 2015August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable sceenings

Posted inBlogs

Weekly Top Five: The best of Alain Resnais

by Drew Hunt May 25, 2014August 18, 2021

Highlights from the filmography of the French surrealist Alain Resnais

Posted inBlogs

The year in movie revivals, H through N

by Ben Sachs December 24, 2013August 19, 2021

The second in a three-part series on the year’s best repertory screenings

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This week in Claire Denis: Talking with Columbia professor Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa (and others) about No Fear, No Die and 35 Shots of Rum

by Ben Sachs November 27, 2013August 19, 2021

A conversation about the French filmmaker’s two films about immigrant communities in France, No Fear, No Die (1990) and 35 Shots of Rum (2008)

Posted inBlogs

An interview with Dan Sallitt, director of The Unspeakable Act

by Ben Sachs May 17, 2013August 19, 2021

Talking with the filmmaker and former Reader contributor about his work

Posted inBlogs

Does national culture determine moviegoing habits?

by Ben Sachs May 13, 2013August 19, 2021

Thinking about Donald Richie’s assessment of Japanese movie audiences

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See Yasujiro Ozu’s final silent film this Saturday

by Ben Sachs May 9, 2013August 19, 2021

An Inn in Tokyo (1935) screens as part of the Music Box Theatre’s Second Saturday Silent Cinema series

Posted inBlogs

In Another Country: Hong Sang-soo’s visions and revisions

by Ben Sachs May 1, 2013August 19, 2021

The South Korean filmmaker’s collaboration with French actress Isabelle Huppert is now available on DVD.

Posted inBlogs

Get to Lakeview before the suns sets on Poppy Hill

by Ben Sachs April 17, 2013August 19, 2021

The latest animated feature by Japan’s Studio Ghibli is leaving town too soon.

Posted inBlogs

Rare Ozu at the Portage tomorrow night

by Ben Sachs August 14, 2012August 19, 2021

Previewing A Hen in the Wind, screening from 35-millimeter at the Portage tomorrow night

Posted inBlogs

Joe Dante’s fully clothed orgy, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones August 9, 2012August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

The protagonists of A Simple Life fight loneliness together
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The devastation’s in the details

by Ben Sachs August 8, 2012August 19, 2021

Ann Hui’s A Simple Life screens at Facets Cinematheque

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