Hirokazu Kore Eda
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Miranda July: Some people will always react to something new with derision
- Film
- October 7, 2020, 05:00
There’s Miranda July in Los Angeles. Like a character from one of her tricky, off-centre films – or novels or art projects – I accidentally find mysel(...)

Armchair travel: Look east and discover Japan from home
- Sport
- May 9, 2020, 06:00
You have to feel for the Japanese Olympics Committee. However successfully or otherwise they battle coronavirus this summer, there’s still the variabl(...)

The Truth review: Tender moments that stay long in the brain
- Film
- March 20, 2020, 05:00
As Bong Joon-ho will shortly discover (and how), following up your first Palme d’Or – particularly after a lengthy, celebrated career – is never the e(...)

Dublin the last international film festival to dodge the global shutdown
- Film
- March 9, 2020, 11:55
There was a faint sense of relief as the Dublin Film Critics Circle (DFCC) — presided over by this newspaper’s Tara Brady — gathered to present their (...)

Parasite review: An exquisite film. A perfect social satire
- Film
- February 5, 2020, 05:00
When, many, many months ago, the distributors of Bong Joon Ho’s latest — winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes — decided to release their film in e(...)

Bong Joon Ho: ‘Even among ourselves we wonder why Korean cinema exploded’
- Film
- February 1, 2020, 05:00
There has been much understandable misery about the lack of diversity in awards season. Few female directors have scored nominations. Actors of colour(...)

Dublin International Film Festival: A guide to the best movies
- Film
- January 22, 2020, 05:00
The filmmaker Paulette McDonagh, working with her actor sister Isabel McDonagh and art director third sibling, Phyllis McDonagh, made a series of self(...)

Cannes 2019: Who will win the Palme d’Or?
- Film
- May 25, 2019, 16:26
Shut out of the Palm Dog To the Palm Dog! For the past 10 years or so, we have enjoyed reporting on this eccentric award – honouring the year’s best (...)

The 50 best films of 2018
- Film
- December 10, 2018, 06:00
We should begin by acknowledging the continuing eccentricities of the distribution business. For once there was, in this place, only the mildest of ey(...)

Six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend
- Film
- November 23, 2018, 06:00
SHOPLIFTERS ★★★★★ Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Starring Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Jyo Kairi, Miyu Sasaki, Kiki Kirin, Mayu Matsuoka, Kengo Kora, Chi(...)