The co-writer and director of the touching new dramedy talks about finding a visual language for isolation and connection in ...

"Rental Family" is a new movie that just opened to rave reviews. It stars Brendan Fraser as an American actor struggling to ...

In this gentle comedy from the one-named Japanese director Hikari, an agency specializes in providing actors to make life's ...

Eva Victor, Mary Bronstein, HIKARI, and Leslye Headland talk life and career with IndieWire at the SCAD Savannah Film ...

While Vaisman knew his big brother was a volunteer, Mia has no idea in the film that Phillip isn’t her real father, nor that ...

Brendan Fraser captured our hearts — on and off-screen — with his Oscar-winning performance in The Whale a few years ago when ...

Hikari’s beautifully moving and affably humorous story of human connection, “Rental Family,” kicks off with one funeral and ...

"She's a creator who has a strong intuition [for] the human condition – and [can do] that with sincerity, without ever being ...

The new film follows Fraser's character, an actor named Phillip Vandarploeug, who lands an unusual gig at a Japanese "rental family" agency to play a stand-in role for strangers. The job becomes much ...

Afterwards, Hikari directed episodes of the streamer’s Emmy-winning bleak comedy “ Beef ” and a few episodes of HBOMax’s “ ...

I f you've ever wished you could hire someone as a faux family member to help you navigate a tricky social situation, the ...

Brendan Fraser plays lonely American actor Phillip Vandarploeug, who goes to work for a Tokyo-based rental family agency.