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The Boy and the Beast
(Sight & Sound, BFI) When Hosoda Mamoru’s The Boy and the Beast was released in Japan in summer 2015, it was at the commercial forefront of the country’s animation, even as Studio Ghibli went on hiatus. The film’s starting point – a … -
Mirai
My review of Mamoru Hosoda’s film Mirai for Sight & Sound is available on the BFI website. [amazon_link asins=’B07LD4P4BN,B07K8ZSKVT’ template=’ProductGrid’ store=’anime04c-21′ marketplace=’UK’ link_id=’bb3bb72c-4dd0-4ac8-97f0-260016… -
Pieta in the Toilet
My article on the Japanese live-action film Pieta in the Toilet is available on the AllTheAnime blog. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUJxihgOK4Y
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier
(SFX, Future Publishing) At the start of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the First Avenger has been left behind by the world. (“I’m here to pick up a fo… -
Hugo
(Sight & Sound, BFI) This review reveals important plot points. In Martin Scorsese’s 3D family film, Hugo’s title character is an orphan boy, living in t… -
Alita: Battle Angel
I wrote a review of Alita: Battle Angel for the AllTheAnime website.
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A Town Called Panic
(Sight and Sound Magazine, BFI) The recent Toy Story 3 featured an opening fantasy sequence in which various oddly assorted toys starred in a madcap adventur… -
Disenchantment
My review of the first ten-part season of Matt Groening’s Netflix series Disenchantment is on the AlltheAnime website. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp_RnJ… -
Paranorman
(Sight & Sound Magazine, BFI) New England, the present. In the town of Blithe Fell, eleven year-old Norman sees ghosts wherever he goes, while his family…
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My Neighbor Andrew Turned Out to Be the Real Totoro—A Trek Through the Sayama Woods
You have been doing a lot of research recently about Hayao Miyazaki’s film ‘My Neighbor Totoro.’ That’s right. Are you interested in where Director Miyazaki … -
I Boarded the Galaxy Express with a British Friend and Ended Up Debating the Soul of Leiji Matsumoto world.
We’ve been to the Leiji Matsumoto 50th anniversary exhibition in Roppongi, which Andrew wrote up as a report for Animation World Network, illustrated by Carl… -
From Heidi to Kaguya: Our Visit to the Takahata Exhibit
We recently went to the Isao Takahata Exhibition in Tokyo to report on it for Animation World Network (our report is here). As fans of Takahata’s work, we ha…