A train moves through space. Nothing happens except what you notice, the light through the window, the weight of sitting still, the way another passenger's presence changes the air in a small space. Shizuko Tabata builds an entire world from observation, the kind of cinema that proves you don't need plot to move someone. This is for people who understand that watching is a form of thinking. Five minutes of this film will reset your nervous system more than most feature films manage in two hours.

Monorail is a brief animated film by Shizuko Tabata, released as a single-episode movie. Its subject is a journey aboard a train, and the whole piece centers on that trip from start to finish.