The Film Comment Letter: Music of the Spheres 🎾

May 10, 2024 The Film Comment Letter: Music of the Spheres 🎾 View in browser   |   filmcomment.com May 10, 2024 WEBSITE   |   PODCAST   |   LATEST Dear Readers,  We might have opened today's Letter with the headline, "The Ending of Evil Does Not Exist … Explained." But here at Film Comment , we prefer to dwell in possibility, as the poet says. So today's lead article is Clint's interview with Ryûsuke Hamaguchi about his new feature and his collaboration with composer Eiko Ishibashi; said film's re-edited, music-forward companion piece GIFT ; and why "confusion" is a productive goal for his cinema. No explanations here—only questions and provocations! Another film in theaters right now that centers music and mysteries (albeit of the heart) is Luca Guadagnino's Challengers , which relates the tale of a multiyear love triangle among three professional tennis players, leading up to a single, heart-stopping match. Sta read