Hyperallergic

Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s Unusual Approach to Filmmaking

The Japanese filmmaker’s international profile has skyrocketed over the past year thanks to his new films Drive My Car and Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, both of which are now hitting theaters. Drive ...
The New Yorker

What “Drive My Car” Reveals on a Second Viewing

Widely celebrated on last year’s festival circuit, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car” is the focus of renewed attention owing to its four Academy Award nominations. It’s an exquisite Tower of Babel of ...
CNN

Ryusuke Hamaguchi is as surprised as anyone by the Oscars love for ‘Drive My Car’

When writer-director Ryusuke Hamaguchi first laid eyes on the red Saab 900 Turbo at the center of his award-winning film “Drive My Car,” he knew it was the one. Over thirty years old and in immaculate ...
Variety

Hamaguchi Ryusuke on Cannes Palme d’Or Contender ‘All of a Sudden’: ‘What I Was Moved By Was What Was in the Book Itself’

Hamaguchi Ryusuke watched the standing ovation after the Cannes premiere of “All of a Sudden” with a degree of caution. He is not, he says, someone who takes ovations entirely at face value. “I also ...
Variety

Cinefrance Unveils First Still of ‘Drive My Car’ Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s French Movie ‘All of a Sudden,’ Scores Early Deals (EXCLUSIVE)

Cinefrance has unveiled a first still of Ryusuke Hamaguchi‘s French movie “All of a Sudden,” his follow up to Oscar-winning “Drive My Car.” “All of a Sudden” stars Virginie Efira (“Benedatta”) as ...