hearthesilence wrote: Sun Sep 13, 2026 4:03 am
Anyone else see this?
I - and all 6 or 8 people I know who saw it - found it philosophically and dramatically muddled and emotionally unaffecting. Sadly, nothing since Daremo shirinai has remotely lived up to the promise of his first three fiction films.
Michael Kerpan wrote: Sun Sep 13, 2026 3:15 am
Gkids is screening Look Back at various festivals now -- it should be in Boston at the IFF (at the Brattle in Cambridge) in October and/or early November (no precise schedule yet, as far as I can tell).
Michael Kerpan wrote: Sun Sep 13, 2026 3:15 am
Neon will be releasing a BD (possibly a MOD one) of Sheep in a Box in November.
Anyone else see this? It's not without its merits - and I was surprised to see Elijah Wald, who usually writes about politics, music and history, heap immense praise on it - but I was disappointed and didn't think it added up to much despite some promising ideas early on.
It is the first Kore-eda film that I haven't liked.
Michael Kerpan wrote: Sun Sep 13, 2026 3:15 am
Neon will be releasing a BD (possibly a MOD one) of Sheep in a Box in November.
Anyone else see this?
This is another one of those films that seemed to be coming soon for a while & then didn't. I'm pretty sure I saw it listed at one AMC theater that was out of the way for me and because of the bad reviews, I didn't feel like making an effort to drive there. Then just as quickly as it finally dropped, it disappeared from all "coming soon" listings. I will make more of another effort for his other film, which hopefully plays somewhere & isn't affected by Sheep In A Box's poor reception.
