Millie DiCerico

Oh, I know. And a lot of times it's like, and this is the way I do it, but other people do it this way too. It's like the funniest observation about a movie.

Oh, I know. And a lot of times it's like, and this is the way I do it, but other people do it this way too. It's like the funniest observation about a movie.

And I actually had one go sort of vi-vi, I got to say. Wow. My review for A Complete Unknown, where I talked about, I don't know if you've seen it yet. I won't spoil it. Haven't seen it. Wow. There's a moment of that movie that happens, which is a non-spoiler. Sure. But it was like the weirdest thing to me. That was like the one thing I couldn't stop thinking about.

And I actually had one go sort of vi-vi, I got to say. Wow. My review for A Complete Unknown, where I talked about, I don't know if you've seen it yet. I won't spoil it. Haven't seen it. Wow. There's a moment of that movie that happens, which is a non-spoiler. Sure. But it was like the weirdest thing to me. That was like the one thing I couldn't stop thinking about.

And then I wrote it and then all of a sudden it's like ping, ping, ping. Everyone's like, we love it. We love the review. So that's what I like about Letterboxd is that it's kind of like, again, I think it's a high-low scenario where you can either be really like deliberate and professional about it or you can be a fucking goon like me.

And then I wrote it and then all of a sudden it's like ping, ping, ping. Everyone's like, we love it. We love the review. So that's what I like about Letterboxd is that it's kind of like, again, I think it's a high-low scenario where you can either be really like deliberate and professional about it or you can be a fucking goon like me.

That's right. I mean, if Letterboxd wants to give us a check, we'll take it. But I'm just saying, this is what we're going to be using. Let's go into this film diary. Fabulous. So in the past week, I've gone down this kind of strange rabbit hole. So I discovered this Japanese director recently, and I don't actually know how I discovered him.

That's right. I mean, if Letterboxd wants to give us a check, we'll take it. But I'm just saying, this is what we're going to be using. Let's go into this film diary. Fabulous. So in the past week, I've gone down this kind of strange rabbit hole. So I discovered this Japanese director recently, and I don't actually know how I discovered him.

I feel like I'm following some kind of Instagram account that's like an Asian film archive. I think it's actually what it's called. And they posted a trailer or something about this movie. And the movie is called Haru. H-A-R-U. Okay. It was directed by this Japanese director. His name is Yoshimitsu Morita.

I feel like I'm following some kind of Instagram account that's like an Asian film archive. I think it's actually what it's called. And they posted a trailer or something about this movie. And the movie is called Haru. H-A-R-U. Okay. It was directed by this Japanese director. His name is Yoshimitsu Morita.

This movie's from 1996, and for some reason, when I saw the trailer, I was like, this seems so charming. Like, I think his filmography, if I'm not mistaken, I'm not, like, a scholar on him yet, but he was making movies in... Like, most of his movies came out in, like, the 80s and 90s, which is a real, for me, kind of, like, a gap.

This movie's from 1996, and for some reason, when I saw the trailer, I was like, this seems so charming. Like, I think his filmography, if I'm not mistaken, I'm not, like, a scholar on him yet, but he was making movies in... Like, most of his movies came out in, like, the 80s and 90s, which is a real, for me, kind of, like, a gap.

I don't... I have... You know, I started thinking, like, have I watched a lot of Japanese movies from the 80s and 90s? Like...

I don't... I have... You know, I started thinking, like, have I watched a lot of Japanese movies from the 80s and 90s? Like...

And then as the more I kind of was reading about him and sort of that era, I think actually, and like I said, I don't want to say that this is the general attitude, but I've read that, you know, people kind of actually perceive that Japanese filmmaking in the 80s wasn't very good. Like they weren't making good movies generally in the 80s.

And then as the more I kind of was reading about him and sort of that era, I think actually, and like I said, I don't want to say that this is the general attitude, but I've read that, you know, people kind of actually perceive that Japanese filmmaking in the 80s wasn't very good. Like they weren't making good movies generally in the 80s.

And so I came into it going, okay, so this is supposed to be like an era of like bad Japanese filmmaking, yet I walked into this movie and was like completely charmed by it. It's essentially a movie. I mean, this movie is probably like as close to this film podcast as we can get. It's essentially a woman who is a cinephile.

And so I came into it going, okay, so this is supposed to be like an era of like bad Japanese filmmaking, yet I walked into this movie and was like completely charmed by it. It's essentially a movie. I mean, this movie is probably like as close to this film podcast as we can get. It's essentially a woman who is a cinephile.

She's a single woman, a school teacher living in Japan. And she's a cinephile. And then she gets on like a movie message board. And this is 96. So this is early internet days.

She's a single woman, a school teacher living in Japan. And she's a cinephile. And then she gets on like a movie message board. And this is 96. So this is early internet days.