“Life is complicated”: After the Storm

After the StormDirected by Hirokazu Kore-edaOpens March 17 at the IFC Center
With recent domestic dramas like Like Father, Like Son, Our Little Sister, and now After the Storm, Hirokazu Kore-eda seems to have settled into a kind of placid groove. Apparently no longer interested in the fantastical flights of fancy of earlier films like Maborosi, After Life, or even Air Doll, he’s fully embraced the stylistic mantra of legendary cinematic forbears like Yasujiro Ozu and Mikio Naruse, keeping