I've been preparing for the #talkback at the #boedecker this Thursday for the film #monster (from director Hirokazu Kore-eda). I haven't actually seen Monster yet, but there are 2 themes worth raising after just about any #koreeda movie.

First, most of his movies are about abnormal, non-traditional families. In his movies, families are ad-hoc, made of whoever happens to be handy and whoever needs a place to fit in.

Second, his films show a radical empathy for bad people doing bad things.

Come see for yourself https://thedairy.org/event/monster/2024-02-22/