![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And speaking of under-the-radar phenomena, I wish audiences were more tempted by some of the outstanding documentaries that appear and disappear with regularity. TURAN: So glad you mentioned “After the Storm” I wish more people knew how exceptional a director Kore-eda is. And I’ll also speak up for two French films that could scarcely be more different: Stéphane Brizé’s beautifully acted 19th century character study, “A Woman’s Life,” which is adapted from a Guy de Maupassant novel, and Julia Ducournau’s supremely grisly cannibal thriller “Raw,” which is decidedly not adapted from a Guy de Maupassant novel. ![]() I wish more audiences had seen “After the Storm,” a deeply moving family drama that some have (wrongly) dismissed as a minor effort from the Japanese master Hirokazu Kore-eda. The problem is that the dynamics of theatrical exhibition are such that they rarely stay in theaters for more than a week, which is not enough time for most people to fit them into their lives.ĬHANG: Or for them to build the necessary word of mouth. When people tell me there are no good films out there, I wish they had seen these. Most recent was the German “Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe,” but there was also the Finnish Cannes prizewinner “The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Mäki,” the unexpected Israeli “The Women’s Balcony,” even the French-language, Swiss-animated “My Life as a Zucchini,” which was a total charmer. TURAN: Films like “Okja,” with its considerable Korean-language component, remind me that 2017 has seen some excellent foreign-language films. I don’t always love Gray’s movies, but this one, starring a revelatory Charlie Hunnam as the real-life explorer Percy Fawcett, has stayed with me in the best possible way. So, for that matter, does James Gray’s lush and enveloping historical epic “The Lost City of Z,” which enjoyed a well-deserved theatrical release courtesy of Netflix rival Amazon Studios. ![]()
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