One thing I notice based on the American best lists for 2021 is that this is the first year that a movie directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi receives a release in this country (whatever a release means nowadays). In Europe, at least in the UK and France, he's been well-known for over a decade. European critics and cinephiles have been writing wonderful things about his features Passion, Asako, and Happy Hour but here in the US we're just finding out about him. It was the same with Hou, Tarr, Serra, etc. A.O. Scott opined about "Drive My Car" "understated, multilayered meditation on the complexities of human connection", which is a description that seems to fit all of his movies. Looking forward to the "meditations".