Sep 9, 2022
5 min read
Movies that Deserve More Love: ‘Happy Hour’
Before Ryûsuke Hamaguchi broke our hearts with Drive My Car, last year’s surprise art-house phenomenon that received four Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, he was known in certain cinephile circles for Happy Hour (2015), a five-plus hour drama about female friendship. As much as I admire the artistry of Drive My Car, I love Happy Hour, and it’s the one Hamaguchi film that I wish more people would…
