'A characteristically gentle, affectionate and wryly amusing domestic drama from Hirokazu Koreeda'
Geoff Andrew, Sight & Sound
'It's hard to think of another filmmaker who maps the emotional landscape of divorce-torn families as precisely as Kore-eda'
Justin Chang, The Los Angeles Times
'[Kore-eda] remains one of the best filmmakers the world has'
Bilge Ebiri, The Village Voice
There's pretty much no getting past Koreeda Hirokazu as a director. Are there any others who command such a faithful following in the international arthouse community, in such large numbers, and do so with such a commercially viable style? And who manage such a feat making roughly a film a year? Keeping up with Koreeda is an easy task for film fans, however, given the consistent quality of his output. The latest is After the Storm, which opened at Cannes to typically good reviews in May and will make my LFF 2016 programme next month. The drama about a fuckup father trying to rebuild relationships with his family stands a firm chance at being one of my fest favourites this year.
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