Each month a Phoenix staff member chooses a film, in April digital marketing co-ordinator Tia Bradley has chosen Lee Isaac Chung’s brilliant family drama.

"★★★★★ – A profound, detail-perfect and soulful slice of American family life" – Empire

"★★★★★ – a wonderfully absorbing and moving family drama" – Guardian

Each month a Phoenix staff member chooses a film, in April digital marketing co-ordinator Tia Bradley has chosen Lee Isaac Chung’s brilliant family drama.

Causing a sensation when it premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2020 and creating legions of enamoured fans everywhere it has played since, Minari is brilliant, tender and heart-breaking.

Moving his family to rural Arkansas, Korean immigrant Jacob is determined to start a new life as a farmer, but is unprepared for the hardships involved.

As his family face their own struggles, the arrival of Jacob’s mother-in-law (Yuh-jung Youn, who deservedly won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress) brings things to breaking point.