Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. This year’s program further stretches the boundaries of what it means to be a “genre festival,” including many titles that, frankly, any film festival would be happy to play, including the West Coast premieres of Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” in 70mm, Sean Baker’s “Anora” …
“Evil Does Not Exist” is quite the title to ponder as Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s great new film opens on a serene tracking shot through a wintry forest, accompanied by an Eiko Ishibashi score that is both subdued and foreboding. The situation is nervier, however, with “Evil Does Not Exist,” an equally arresting, meditative follow-up which charts the emerging clash between a …
Reader question: Please explain “road rage” in this headline: Three die in road rage dispute. A man who caused the deaths of a couple in a fatal case of road rage in 2017 that triggered tougher regulations against dangerous driving had his 18-year prison sentence upheld by the Tokyo High Court on Monday. - Tokyo court upholds 18-year prison term …
