In Father Mother Sister Brother, the first film from Jim Jarmusch in over six years, Jarmusch explores this world of, as Tom Waits puts it, “family relations” and how the secrets we keep to ourselves have the power to shape an entire family’s identity as much so as the things we reveal.
Read MoreEncapsulating a film inside a 24-hour period adds an enormous amount of dramatic weight to minuscule moments. By dialing the stakes up to full blast, the sense of definite realism heightens a feeling of uncontrolled chaos as a never ending check-list of to-do’s build up and the clock ticks.
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