Yi Yi by Edward Yang is a profound and meditative portrait of a middle-class family in Taipei, followed over the course of a year in which their lives slowly shift. The film opens with a wedding and ends with a funeral, weaving in between a mosaic of everyday moments captured with rare emotional precision. At its center is NJ, a weary father caught between professional disappointment and the quiet temptation of a youthful love, while his son Yang-Yang tries to make sense of the world by photographing it—to capture what others cannot see. Yang’s direction is measured and compassionate, finding meaning in the ordinary and emotion in what remains unspoken. Rarely has a film conveyed so much about growing up, growing older, and loss, and with such calm and grace. Warm, layered, and enchanting: this intimate epic stands among the great cinematic masterpieces of the twenty-first century, and now returns to theaters in a brand-new 4K restoration to mark its 25th anniversary.