COLUMBUS

A Korean-born man finds himself stuck in Columbus, Indiana, where his architect father is in a coma. The man meets a young woman who wants to stay in Columbus with her mother, a recovering addict, instead of pursuing her own dreams.

Ruminating on life and architecture in the eponymous Indiana city, this meditative drama is the feature debut from writer-director Kogonada (After Yang). As soulful as it is conceptually rigorous, Columbus vitally reinvigorates the emotional and intellectual awakenings of the coming-of-age genre.