OFCS 2023 awards nominees announced (updated with winners)
Oppenheimer takes eight awards, Barbie four…
Hayao Miyazaki
loaded question: are American moviegoers getting more comfortable with subtitled films?
Apparently folks are watching everything with subtitles on, even shows and movies in English, for a variety of reasons. Could that be a contributing factor?
AWFJ 2023 EDA Awards winners announced
The Zone of Interest, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Barbie are the big winners.
When Marnie Was There movie review: girls have adolescent angst too
Enchanting, startling; a rare story about a girl at a precarious age. Full of that exquisite Studio Ghibli sorcery that captures the beauty of the ordinary.
my guesses for Sunday night’s 86th Academy Awards
Winners are indicated. I got 16/24. Pretty good, if I may say so myself.
The Wind Rises review: Jiro dreams of flying
Visually ravishing, as you’d expect from Hayao Miyazaki, but there is, disappointingly, no drama and no conflict here.
the Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2013 EDA Award winners
12 Years a Slave and Gravity win big…
The Wind Rises trailer: farewell Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki’s final film looks lovely. Which is hardly a surprise. But…
From Up on Poppy Hill review: gentle as a seaside breeze
Joyously warm and gentle… though perhaps too gentle to be entirely satisfying.
Arrietty (aka The Secret World of Arrietty) (review)
While perfectly pleasant and an entirely suitable option for anyone looking to take small children to the movies, it is a disappointingly minor entry in the annals of Studio Ghibli…
