What gets passed down, and what it costs.
Ozu, and the quietest devastation in cinema
Ray's debut, and one of the great films about childhood
Redford's debut, and grief handled plainly
Spielberg's first serious drama
Cuarón's second film, and one of the great children's films
Kore-eda asks what memory you'd keep
three hours of ordinary life, perfectly held
Burton's most emotionally direct
the immigrant family film with real warmth
Kore-eda, children left alone
Almodóvar and Cruz
the Oscar winner about an undertaker, and it earns every tear
Kore-eda's quietest devastation
Kore-eda's cleanest premise
Dern, and a road trip in black and white
Bening's best
Washington and Davis, a major American play handed on
Kore-eda's warmest and saddest
a lie held together by a family
quiet, specific, universal
Best Picture, and a genuinely well-made crowd-pleaser
the *Ikiru* remake, and Bill Nighy's best work
Spielberg on himself
Kore-eda's Rashomon
Wenders, and a man who cleans toilets
Leigh and Jean-Baptiste, reunited
Trier, family, houses
