Items in: Feature Film

Items in this category explore specific feature-length narrative films of any genre (drama, comedy, action, etc.).

Why the film is worth your time Imaginative, compassionate, and perceptive, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s After Life creates a crucible of sorts to distill a person’s life down to its essence — specifically as the person identifies, in hindsight, the most significant event in their life. The film puts 20 or more characters in its crucible, exploring a kaleidoscopic landscape of lives and memories. After Life is very much worth the time, […]

Watch This: After Life

Before Viewing Film Guide
After Life movie poster: Five Asians stand on plain dirt ground with a cloudy sky of blue in the background.
After Life creates a crucible of sorts to distill a person’s life down to its essence — what was the most significant event in their life? The film puts 20 or more characters in its crucible, exploring a kaleidoscopic landscape of lives and memories.
Why the film is worth your time What makes a momentary acquaintance more than just momentary? In Goodbye Solo, it’s a quick, sharp moment of insight combined with great concern for other people. It drives the title character, Solo, to relentlessly pursue keeping the relationship alive. The film excellently explores profound depth and sincerity of human care, offering a rich perspective on awareness of and love for others, including strangers. Introduction to […]

Watch This: Goodbye Solo

Before Viewing Film Guide
Goodbye Solo movie poster: Solo stands on a rock ledge, his hand up to the sky and a young girl behind him, silhouetted by the setting sun.
A quick, sharp moment of insight combined with great concern for other people drives the title character, Solo, to relentlessly pursue keeping alive a relationship with a stranger.
How the film enriched and changed me I came away from Goodbye Solo wanting the capacity to love as quickly and intensely as Solo did in the film. Having experienced his immediate — and sustained — reaction to a fellow human in crisis, I want to be that ready to reach and stretch to care for another life. The moment (two minutes into the film) when Solo realizes that William has […]

Bahrani’s Goodbye Solo: Love Pursues the Stranger

After Viewing Film Analysis
Having experienced the lead character's immediate and sustained care for a fellow human in crisis, I came away from Goodbye Solo wanting to love even a stranger as quickly and intensely as Solo did.
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