Jean: A Deconstruction of the Malick-Ozu Synthesis in Independent Auteur Cinema Jean (2016) is a counterintuitive marriage of post-hiatus Terrence Malick and latter-day Yasujirō Ozu. These seemingly antithetical tendencies actually balance each other out. The economical, ellip…

Jean (2016) blends Southwest mythology, gentle caregiving, and quietly eccentric fantasy into something tender and surprisingly wise.
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