1. Great Absence movie review & film summary (2024) - Roger Ebert
Jul 19, 2024 · “Great Absence” really conveys the bursts of anger and lashing out that often adjoin dementia, and it makes for a showcase for one of Japan's ...
Can sometimes feel self-indulgent in its pacing and length but never loses its nuance, thanks both to its refined direction and a truly stellar performance from the legendary Tatsuya Fuji.
2. Absence (2023) - Rotten Tomatoes
Setting us adrift across his urban landscapes, in Absence Lee Kang-sheng offers a melancholic vision of dreams lost and families found.
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3. THE ABSENCE: "THE ABSENCE" - NO CLEAN SINGING
Mar 26, 2024 · The Absence's self-titled album is a sleek release by comparison to everything else they've done. It's their shortest album to date, punching in ...
artwork by Dan Goldsworthy (On March 28th The Absence will release a new self-titled album via Listenable Insanity Records, and we’ve got DGR‘s extensive review of it below.) You could argue that it’s a common enough situation that it shouldn’t warrant a raised eyebrow, but six albums in is usually not the expected timeframe for [...]
4. Great Absence - Movie Reviews - Rotten Tomatoes
A deeply felt performance by Fuji infuses the inherent melancholy with empathetic grace, quiet dignity, and relatable humanity. Full Review | Aug 7, 2024. Roger ...
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5. 'Great Absence' review: A distant father fades into dementia
Jul 26, 2024 · Review: In 'Great Absence,' a son puzzles out the dad he misunderstood, now fading into dementia ... A man walks among cherry blossoms. Mirai ...
Starring the legendary Tatsuya Fuji of 'In the Realm of the Senses,' director Kei Chika-ura's domestic drama is haunted by memories and unresolved dysfunction.
6. Great Absence — Kei Chika-ura - In Review Online
Jul 17, 2024 · Great Absence is emotionally vague enough to justify its self-contradictory storytelling as profoundly poetic.
A new film review of Great Absence, directed by Kei Chika-ura, for film review site In Review Online.
7. Great Absence Reviews - Metacritic
... REVIEW · 75 · The Film Stage. Jul 18, 2024. For all the weak symbolism, Great Absence's achronological structure is a triumph. By Oliver Weir FULL REVIEW · 70.
Distanced from his father Yohji for twenty years, Takashi is brought back home by a jarring police call–Yohji has disconnected from reality due to dementia, and his second wife Naomi is missing. Asked where she is, the old man replies that she committed suicide. While trying to find out about the stepmother, Takashi traces the past of Yohji he has never been able to accept.
8. Berlinale 2023 review: Absence (Wu Lang)
Feb 21, 2023 · “It's not always a smooth combination, but it offers plenty of reasons to mark Wu as a distinctive new voice in world cinema.”.
"It’s not always a smooth combination, but it offers plenty of reasons to mark Wu as a distinctive new voice in world cinema." Expanding his short film of
9. 'The Absence of Eden' Review: Zoe Saldaña In a Muted Immigrant Drama
Apr 12, 2024 · Reviewed online, April 10, 2024. Running time: 85 MIN. Production: A Pioneer Pictures presentation and production in association with The ...
In subdued roles, a stellar cast — including Zoe Saldaña and Garrett Hedlund — lifts this Marco Perego's sordid border drama 'The Absence of Eden.'
10. Great Absence Review: Kei Chika-ura's Raw & Exquisite ...
Jul 18, 2024 · 'Great Absence' Review: An Actor Searches for the Truth About His Dying Father in Kei Chika-ura's Raw and Exquisite Dementia Drama · David ...
"In the Realm of the Senses" legend Fuji Tatsuya stars in this tightly coiled Japanese drama uncovers the stories we tell about our parents.
11. The Absence - The Absence Album Review - Infernal TV
Mar 24, 2024 · The Absence's new self-titled album has everything. They keep their core heavy and melodic sound with intricate guitars. Every member put their 100% into this ...
"...they haven’t released an album as solid as this new self-titled one in a long time." Check out our full review of The Absence's self-titled album.
12. THE PRESENCE OF ABSENCE - Kirkus Reviews
His death inspires his sister to enlist as an Army nurse, and this turn of events is just the beginning of a roller coaster of a plot that's impressive and ...
A sentimental author reflects on his life and career as he lies dying.
13. Toronto 2023 review: Great Absence (Kei Chika-ura)
Sep 20, 2023 · In Great Absence Chika-ura brings extended depth to the fast-aging dementia patient and portrays each scene with candor, realism, and remorse.
"This film should not be missed by any cinephile." A major preoccupation of many artists today is aging and how the decline and death of the mind creates
14. Mapping Absence in "The Age of Loneliness"
Aug 16, 2024 · Mapping Absence in “The Age of Loneliness”. by Elaina Friedman. August 16, 2024. Our review of Laura Marris's debut essay collection, "The Age ...
Our review of Laura Marris's debut essay collection, "The Age of Loneliness"
15. The Absence Review | Angry Metal Guy
Apr 13, 2024 · Hardly groundbreaking stuff but solidly entertaining, nonetheless. Following an eight-year recording hiatus, The Absence kicked back into gear ...
A review of The Absence by The Absence, available March 29th worldwide via Listenable Insanity Records.
