Dear My Life

  Header illustration for the film review essay of Sully (2016). Illustration created for editorial movie review purposes. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings are my favorite time of the week, and for years I couldn't quite explain why — until I noticed how much someone else's invisible work had already gone into making my walk outside feel so effortless. 🎬 What Lingers: Not the landing on the Hudson, but the four plain words Sully repeats afterward — "I was just doing my job" — and how many people around us are quietly living out that same sentence. 💭 Short Personal Reflection In Sully (2016), Captain Chesley "Sullenberger" never speaks like a hero after safely landing US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River with all 155 people aboard surviving. He simply repeats some version of, "I was just doing my job." There's no triumph in it — only the quiet confidence of a man who honored the responsibility handed to him, long before tha...

  Header illustration for the film review essay of After the Storm (2016). Illustration created for editorial movie review purposes. What if a single night, endured together, changes nothing—and yet leaves the air somehow different? 🎥 Film Overview Title After the Storm (海よりもまだ深く / Umi yori mo Mada Fukaku / "Even Deeper than the Sea") Director Hirokazu Kore-eda Release May 21, 2016 (Japan); March 17, 2017 (United States, limited) Runtime 117 minutes (1 hour 57 minutes) Genre Drama, Family Screenplay Hirokazu Kore-eda Country Japan Language Japanese Cinematography Yutaka Yamazaki Music Hanaregumi Production Company Fuji Television Network, Bandai Visual, AOI Pro Distributor GAGA Corporation (Japan); Film Movement (US) Rating Not Rated Cast Hiroshi Abe (Shinoda Ryota), Kirin Kiki (Yoshiko Shinoda), Yoko Maki (Kyoko), Taiyo Yoshizawa (Shingo), Lily Franky (Kôichirou Yamabe), Satomi Kobayashi (Chinatsu Nakajima), ...