The Tsugua Diaries is something like Memento for an age of isolation and listlessness.
This entrancing magnum opus is one of the singular works of the decade to date, and Kino’s excellent Blu-ray belongs in any cinephile’s collection.
It forays into satirical terrain in order to elide actual dealings with the problems at hand, so that each piece feels alternatively frivolous and weighty.
Miguel Gomes’s formal talents, which include a flair for close-ups of elegantly smooth or weathered faces, transcend his soft spot for the didactic.