Wianu 2026

Weekly

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Five films worth your time.

  1. Still from Perfect Days

    Perfect Days

    2023

    Why this one

    A reminder that there’s something beautiful in the ordinary.

    Hirayama is content with his life as a toilet cleaner in Tokyo. Outside of his structured routine, he cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Through unexpected encounters, he reflects on finding beauty in the world.

  2. Still from The Grand Budapest Hotel

    The Grand Budapest Hotel

    2014

    Why this one

    I love how every frame feels like a little painting. It’s funny, strange, and moving.

    The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.

  3. Still from The Truman Show

    The Truman Show

    1998

    In a picture-perfect seaside town, an insurance salesman begins to realize that his entire existence may be staged and observed by a vast unseen audience as part of a long-running real-time reality TV show.

  4. Still from The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

    2013

    Why this one

    Sometimes you just need a little push to start living.

    A timid magazine photo manager who lives life vicariously through daydreams embarks on a true-life adventure when a negative goes missing.

  5. Still from Aftersun

    Aftersun

    2022

    Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories fill the gaps between camcorder footages as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the troubled man she didn't.