“Survival in post-WWII Japan. ”

“Time to re-watch the classic. ”

“The strange world of the Siegel family, their staff, collapsing finances, and one massive house. ”

“What's real anyway? This weird little sleeper starts slowly and goes sort of Northern Exposure-meets-Harvey. I like it.”

“Intelligent, existential, Kubrick-esque film. Solitude, connection, meaning, and mind.”

“A different Will Ferrell. Dry, darkish. ”

“Pageant to camp, idiocy, and '80s electronica. ”

“Love of father for son. The West probably hasn't seen this Jet Li before. Stirring. ”

“A decade before The Hunger Games, Japan had Battle Royale. ”

“Genuinely, beautifully, strange. A series of richly crafted tales from a broken man to an injured girl. Fabulous. A visual/aural treat. ”

“Insubordination, cowardice, and courage. Less a war movie than a pageant about the use and abuse of power. A little Kubrick gem. ”

“The lovely Helena B.C. and the equally lovely Julian Sands form a triangle with a spectacularly stork-like Daniel Day-Lewis in this fine Edwardian period piece. ”

“If the Coen brothers made a TV comedy series about redneck America, it might look like this. ”

“Oddest police show since Cop Rock. Still sorting out my feelings, just like after the first time a cat groomed my beard. ”