Drive My Car (2021)

What makes Drive My Car exceptional is that it’s entirely modern while remaining completely un-self-conscious. Instead of wringing meaning out of an aesthetic, or leaning on nostalgia, or putting Timothee Chalamet in it, director Ryusuke Hamaguchi is counting on the fact that you, the viewer, are interested in the story in the same way you are interested in anyone’s story, how anyone comes to be who they are.