‘Brand New Landscape’ Review: An Architect Has No Design for Family Life in a Quietly Affecting Japanese Drama
Time heals no wounds in “Brand New Landscape,” an outwardly gentle but subtly cutting domestic drama that begins as a snapshot of a family adrift, fast-forwards to one of a family severed, and proceeds to reflect stoically on the difficulty of familial repair. Tonally unassuming but intellectually ambitious, this promising debut feature from 26-year-old Japanese […]