Next time is next time. Now is now.

A few simple, tranquil days in the life and routine of a Japanese toilet cleaner (Koji Yakusho).

I’ve seen a bit of pushback against this; that it’s a pastiche of ‘slow cinema’ or even Asian cinema itself, perhaps the work of an old director over-stepping his bounds and wandering into cliché. While these aren’t entirely unfair critiques, Perfect Days still won me over with its easy charm and dissection of life’s simple pleasures.

Yes it’s kind of selling a fable, a facsimile of life presented as some sort of rose-tinted reality but to a certain extent every film does this? It’s possible to entertain this idea and still be entertained and moved by the film itself.

The great lead performance, meditative pace and keen attention to detail really spoke to me. It’s a film driven by vibes and maybe it caught me on a good day but I did indeed, vibe.

If anybody ever tells you to go fuck yourself. You tell them you have.

A psychiatrist (Heather Graham) starts an affair with a young patient (Judah Lewis) but it soon becomes clear he is stricken with an ancient curse.

An H.P. Lovecraft story brought to the big screen in the style of a 90s erotic thriller. It’s tongue in cheek fun, and while it’s not really my cup of tea some game performances from Heather Graham and Barbara Crampton do make Suitable Flesh pretty entertaining.

I wouldn’t say it’s funny or scary enough to really leave a lasting impression but it does manage to get by on a certain throwback charm.

What's the best thing that ever happened to you?

A MILFy lawyer (Léa Drucker) strikes up a romantic affair with her teenage stepson (Samuel Kircher).

This is an intense, provocative tale that explores the lines between predatory behaviour and genuine intimacy. Théo, the stepson, is 17 and emotionally mature enough to understand what sex is, but it becomes clear that he doesn’t quite grasp what love is—probably in large part due to his absent father.

Théo is in a vulnerable position and Anne, his stepmother, crossed a line with him. But it’s not entirely a cut-and-dried line between right and wrong here, Léa Drucker is well cast as Anne and has a genuine elegance and innocence about her that suggests she also doesn’t completely know what she’s getting into.

As the film progresses Anne deals with the fallout so coolly and ruthlessly that it becomes darkly amusing, and the film turns into a sort of dramatic thriller with hints of Hitchcock.

This could have been a disaster but in Breillat’s hands Last Summer is an entertaining erotic thriller that gets away with telling its pretty sordid tale.