Still Walking (Hirokazu Kore-Eda, 2008)
A few weeks ago, I was talking with a friend from church about films and how he’d recently come to appreciate films in which he could just sit back and watch life unfold. That’s probably as succinct a description as any for Hirokazu Kore-Eda’s Still Walking, which follows the events and rhythms of a family over the course of 24 hours as they come together to “celebrate” the anniversary of a loved one’s death. But that description, as accurate... Read More
Family, Death, and Life
On September 5, my husband and I will celebrate the third anniversary of our wedding. It’s a happy occasion, of course. We have liked being married and intend to keep liking it. But for us, the week of our anniversary is also sad. This year, August 29 marks the third memorial of my father’s unexpected and untimely passing. He’d struggled with an aggressive leukemia and gone into remission, but a relapse plus some medical incompetency resulted in a sudden brain... Read More
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