Next of Kin (Atom Egoyan, 1984)
I'm a long-time fan of the Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan, but somehow I had never seen his first full-length feature. Happily, the Criterion Channel is presenting an Atom Egoyan collection this month, so I was able to see Next of Kin. It has many of the things you'd expect in an Egoyan film: technology and isolation and damaged characters. Nevertheless, it has an unexpected happy ending, which doesn't always play a role in his films, which tend to be left at loose ends with the viewer left to sort out or impose their own understanding. Recommended.
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