After hanging up his spurs following 2017’s “Phantom Thread,” Daniel Day-Lewis returns to the big screen with “Anemone,” a dark, painfully slow and almost inscrutable psychological drama. He gives a searing performance in what feels like the world’s most impressively cast student film, which is directed by his son, Ronan Day-Lewis.

The actor plays Ray Stoker, a hermit living off the grid in a cabin in the woods in northern England. When his brother Jem (Sean Bean) shows up one day, there’s no warm greeting or brotherly hug. There are no words at all. There’s simply a gesture to pull up a tree stump and have a seat.

Ray and Jem clearly have their issues. But the purpose of Jem’s visit is not to sort those out, but rather to bring Ray home, as there are matters that require tending to. Ray

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