Columbus (12A)
Thu 01 Jan 1970 - Sat 12 Feb 8800
Category
Price
£7* | £5* students/under 25s | 3 films for £18*
Time
Thu 01 Jan 1970 - Sat 12 Feb 8800
Price
£7* | £5* students/under 25s | 3 films for £18*
Time
Dir. Kogonada
104 mins | 2017 | USA
English & Korean language
When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin (John Cho) finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana – a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many significant modernist buildings. Jin strikes up a friendship with Casey (Haley Lu Richardson), a young architecture enthusiast who works at the local library. As their intimacy develops, Jin and Casey explore both the town and their conflicted emotions: Jin’s estranged relationship with his father, and Casey’s reluctance to leave Columbus and her mother.
Burdened by the future, they find respite in one another and the architecture that surrounds them. They question they face isnt just whether or not they should leave Columbus. Its whether or not they can.
With its naturalistic rhythms and empathy for the complexities of families, debut director Kogonada’s Columbus unfolds as a gently drifting, deeply absorbing conversation. With strong supporting turns from Parker Posey, Rory Culkin, and Michelle Forbes, Columbus is also a showcase for its director’s striking eye for the way physical space can affect emotions.