Father Mother Sister Brother

...there is a contentment and calm here, an acceptance and a Zen simplicity that is a cleansing of the moviegoing palate, or perhaps the fiction-consuming palate in general. It is a film to savour.

...it’s capable of stirring deep, profound sadness in its simplicity.

This is a movie Lynch would’ve admired, brittly funny and content to linger in doorways and thresholds for as long as it takes until somebody breaks the awkward silence.

...get on the wavelength and it’s as if you’ve gained entry into a secret society—one that sees through the despairing illusions of existence to the blissfully beating heart beneath.

Jim Jarmusch’s low-key comedy of awkwardness, Father Mother Sister Brother explores the things we can never know about our families.