‘New Group’ has big ideas but wobbly foundations

Conformity takes corporeal form in “New Group.” Yuta Shimotsu’s sophomore feature continues in the allegorical vein of his art-horror debut, “Best Wishes to All” (2024). While that film was concerned with how happiness often comes at the expense of other people’s suffering, here he’s more interested in how the ties …

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