Recommended by Seth Vargas

42 years after his debut feature film “House” director Nobuhiko Obayashi delivers one final statement on cinema, it’s history, and our place in it. Or, maybe it’s place in us. The film is surreal, magical and nonsensical. It’s characters speak to us openly. At times the quality of the production design feels off, almost hollow or flimsy, as if it can’t stand up under it’s own weight. At first, we may feel lost in this labyrinth, unsure of what prize or fate awaits as at the end, but Obayashi knows better than we do in regards to what we can take, what rules he can bend, and that wonder and awe come in many forms. From one of Japan’s most beloved visionaries comes one last look at the past before his life ended, and we are richer for getting to stand and look with him.