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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).

None yet, but I’ll see you there!

hearthesilence wrote: Sun Sep 13, 2026 4:03 am

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.

hearthesilence wrote: Sun Sep 13, 2026 4:03 am

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.

Sheep in the Box is not great. As with Life Father, Like Son, its ‘issues’ seem contrived from the get-go, and thus hard to engage with. But the mise en scene is typically lovely and I liked the house!

zedz -- Well, I liked Like Father, Like Son quite a bit -- so (paradoxically) you give me some hope for this new film.

It is surprising how many manga adaptations Kore'eda has made. Look Back makes number five, I believe.