Director Makoto Shinkai has delivered greater films than his latest, the climate change aware Weathering With You. His films such as 5 Centimeters Per Second and the 2016 megahit Your Name offered gre…
Penguin Highway Movie Review: Coming-of-age sci-fi anime is joy incarnate
Somewhere along the red string from adolescence (all knobby knees that get skinned, metal braces that get caught on lips, hair that frizzes in the heat, elbows and boned corners of bodies and sweat, l…
Mirai Movie Review: An imaginative animated journey
If one were to say Mamoru Hosoda’s Mirai is a film about family they wouldn’t be wrong, but at the same time would be doing this tapestry of ancestral lines a disservice. Too many 2018 films are about…
Perfect Blue 20 years later remains beautiful and haunting
How better to describe the films of the late Satoshi Kon than guiding spirits to our agitated subconscious. Although all his films can be called dream factories, this notion becomes quite literal in h…
The Night is Short, Walk on Girl Movie Review: Electric anime rom-com is one of 2018’s best
The first shot of starry-eyed, risk-taking filmmaker Masaaki Yuasa’s latest venture, The Night is Short, Walk on Girl, is of the nominal gal gulping down a glass of white wine in the midst of a weddin…
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms Movie Review: Mari Okada’s directorial debut is a touching fable about love and aging
The story the anime Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms tells isn’t exactly a unique one, but there’s real power in how it unfolds, even if many of its elements are familiar. ThereR…
[UPDATE] In-Rang Film Introduces Wolves of Peacekeeping In New Trailer
Per an exclusive scoop from Variety, Netflix has picked up “nearly global rights” to the film, a scenario similar to Bong Joon-ho’s Okja (our review). Additionally, the publication a…