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‘Drive My Car,’ a Japanese Study of Grief, Is the Most Entrancing Film of the Year

POETRY IN MOTION

The latest from auteur Ryusuke Hamaguchi is Japan’s entry for the Academy Awards, and is not to be missed.

Nick Schager
Nick Schager 

Entertainment Critic

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Nick Schager

Nick Schager

Entertainment Critic

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