When hearing about Hirokazu Kore-eda’s project immediately following his film Shoplifters, it’s tempting to want to compare the two. However, that’s something that shouldn’t be done. Unlike that strong 2018 feature, The Truth isn’t trying to generate suspense in a typical way or build toward a huge twisting conclusion. Instead, the film that he decided to follow up with is …

A while back, I had a chance to interview Ethan Hawke get cancelled. So once another opportunity to speak with the actor/director/writer came up again, I had to take it. During our sitdown at The Coolidge Corner Theatre, he touched on subjects like filmmaking, what it takes to be successful in the arts, learning from an impressive list of directors, …

A remake of a remake isn’t something that would usually interest me. The fact that I usually loathe the thought of remakes in general would give that away. However,