Shoplifters

The meaning of family on Japan's social fringes compassionately explored

"...thrust together or falling apart. Yet in many ways Shoplifters is an unlikely yet organic extension of his last..."

Jan. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Truth

Binoche and Deneuve clash exquisitely as mère et fille

"...Truth has no fireworks or Mommie Dearest-type horrors. Kore-eda (Shoplifters, Nobody Knows) has spent his career investigating family frissons..."

July 3, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Weathering With You

A magical rainy adventure in Tokyo with sympathy for the underdog

"...much in common with Hirokazu Kore-eda's adoptive family drama Shoplifters as it does with anything in Studio Ghibli's catalog...."

Jan. 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Capernaum

Lebanese drama of the destitute is tough to watch, but tougher to live

"...Daniel Blake or Cathy Come Home) and Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters). It's a hard road to travel, yes, but Labaki..."

Feb. 1, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Review: The Truth

Shoplifters director's bilingual experiment is a tepid success

"...write a tender family drama, such as his Oscar-nominated Shoplifters, is muddled. Nevertheless, he’s able to wrangle together all..."

Oct. 30, 2019 Screens Post by Jenny Nulf

Friday After Next

"...strip mall. There they while away the hours busting shoplifters and making friends with Money Mike (Katt Williams), a..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar tells us about how Winona Ryder's troubles just won't go away.

"...a thief, practically billing herself as "queen of the shoplifters."..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Found in Translation: Hirokazu Kore-eda Explores The Truth

Oscar nominee on adapting his Japanese script for France

"...from his own experiences promoting films like his Oscar-nominated Shoplifters on the publicity circuit. He recalled via translator, "I..."

July 6, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life Revealed at Austin Film Festival

Kasi Lemmons' Harriet Tubman biopic also joins lineup

"...Meanwhile Hirokazu Koreeda, riding high after last year's extraordinary Shoplifters, returns with The Truth, his first French language film,..."

Aug. 23, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Crime Month: A Chron "Crime" Playlist

Hit after hit, for your next hit

"...“Shoplifters of the World Unite,” The Smiths Before Moz sickened..."

July 16, 2019 Arts Post by M. Brianna Stallings

Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2018's Best Films and More

If Beale Street Could Talk, The Favourite big winners

"...If Beale Street Could Talk 8: Eighth Grade 9: Shoplifters 10. Suspiria..."

Jan. 7, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Critics Release 2018 Awards Nominee Lists

Roster includes new stunt and mo-cap categories

"...Suspiria Best Foreign Language Film Burning Cold War Roma Shoplifters The Guilty Best Documentary Free Solo Minding the Gap..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Austin Chronicle Top 10 Films of 2018

Our favorite films from our least favorite year

"...10) Shoplifters..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Josh Kupecki’s Top 10 Films of 2018

"...few f-stops for a sweeping yet intimate epic. 2) Shoplifters..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Marjorie Baumgarten’s Top 10 Films of 2018

"...at the factors that turn boys into men. 6) Shoplifters..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Steve Davis’ Top 10 Films of 2018

"...in the year's most daring and subversive movie. 8) Shoplifters..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

Marc Savlov’s Top 10 Films of 2018

"...Alfonso Cuarón (Roma), Hirokazu Koreeda (Shoplifters), Paul Schrader (First Reformed) Best Original Screenplay..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Danielle White’s Top 10 Films of 2018

"...Sorry to Bother You, Shoplifters, Custody Most Overrated..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Screens Feature by Danielle White

Austin Film Festival Snags Widows

High profile and local features fill out the schedule

"...Shoplifters D: Hirokazu Koreeda..."

Sept. 25, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Announces First Wave

New films star Melissa McCarthy, Frankie Muniz, Joel Edgerton

"...realizes it's up to him to save the kids. Shoplifters D: Hirokazu Koreeda Writer: Hirokazu Koreeda Starring: Lily Franky,..."

Aug. 21, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'… There Is the United States of America!'

"...with his "happy yellow shirt" while on lookout for shoplifters. People generally look past and around him, even when..."

Jan. 25, 2009 Postmarks

Smoke (1995)

"...Wren (Harvey Keitel) spends his days contending with petty shoplifters, a creatively blocked writer (William Hurt), a one-eyed ex-girlfriend..."

May 16, 2003 Screens Review by Steve Uhler

The Short Unhappy Life of Sophia King

The APD shooting death of Sophia King was a tragedy waiting to happen.

"...and a security guard at a drug store, catching shoplifters and doing bad check collection...."

Aug. 2, 2002 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

After a Fashion

Harken back to the days of yore … on the dancefloor, as "After a Fashion" trips the disco ball fantastic in this boogie down Memory Lane.

"...a number of garments, the self-proclaimed Queen of the Shoplifters set off the security alarm; seems a starry-eyed clerk..."

Feb. 1, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Postmarks

Share the Smart Growth

"...you want police officers to stop enforcing the law? Shoplifters don't hurt anyone. Ignoring seat belts doesn't hurt anyone..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Column