Focus Features has released a poster and trailer for Hot Spot, the dystopian sci-fi thriller from director Agnieszka Smoczynska which stars Andrzej Konopka, Noomi Rapace, and Reika Kirishima. Set in the late 21st century, in a society ruled by sentient A.I., the film follows a private detective as he uncovers a secret group with the […]
Movie Review – Drive My Car (2021)
Drive My Car, 2021. Co-written and directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi. Starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, and Reika Kirishima. SYNOPSIS: Nishijima Hidetoshi is a stage actor and director happily married to his playwright wife. Then one day she disappears. Adapted from Haruki Murakami’s 2013 short story of the same name, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s new drama Drive My Car […]
Movie Review – Drive My Car (2021)
Drive My Car, 2021. Directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi. Starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Masaki Okada, Park Yurim, Jin Daeyeon, Sonia Yuan, Ahn Hwitae, Perry Dizon, and Satoko Abe. SYNOPSIS: Yûsuke Kafuku is a stage actor and director happily married to his playwright wife. Then one day she disappears. The prologue of Drive My […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Drive My Car
Drive My Car, 2021. Directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi. Starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Masaki Okada, Park Yurim, Jin Daeyeon, Sonia Yuan, Ahn Hwitae, Perry Dizon, and Satoko Abe. SYNOPSIS: Yûsuke Kafuku is a stage actor and director happily married to his playwright wife. Then one day she disappears. The prologue of Drive My […]
