With or Without Capes: Our Personal Heroes on International Women’s Day

We take time out of busy schedules to celebrate the women – fictionalized and not – who we either idolized as children, admired as adults or both. With Captain Marvel officially being released on International Women’s Day it felt only best…

Women in Film Wednesday: Spirited Away (2001)

It’s kind of recognizably sad that one of the best creators of fully faceted, strong-willed female characters is a man. But, considering how dominated by male influence the film industry is, it’s not all that surprising. As cinematic admirers we…

Growing Up on Film: A Top 10

There’s a reason films about growing up have galvanized the cinema’s attention for so long, and there’s a reason we keep returning back to them. Everyone has gone through it: the first steps, the juvenile ecstasies, the aching disappointments, the…

Top Ten: The Best of Hayao Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki is a genius filmmaker. He has continually created masterpieces, infusing the cinematic world of animation with a vigor and magical realism that it hadn’t seen before his touch. His animation is intricate and worked on with painstaking detail,…