Evil Does Not Exist

2024 (according to the Academy Award eligibility rules)

Provocative title, amirite? Writer/director Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Happy Hour, Drive My Car, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy—all gems) dares us to watch his latest film simply by the audacity of the title. In an interview, he said, “I came up with the phrase…it’s not to say that the film is trying to say that there’s no evil in the world. That’s not the messag…