In “After Yang,” which debuts Friday in theaters and on Showtime, is likewise wistful and sleekly ordered but is set in a seemingly more distant world. The clean lines and formal beauty around them seemed to foster serenity and rumination. “Columbus” was set in the Indiana city – an improbable haven of modernist architecture – and centered on the wandering conversations of an out-of-towner (John Cho) and a young tour guide (Haley Lu Richardson). The two features by the South Korean-born filmmaker and video essayist Kogonada – his auspicious debut “Columbus” and the new “After Yang” – are distinct for their richness in rare qualities.
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