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Naoko Yamada interview
(Neo, Uncooked Media) Naoko Yamada is in London, and not for the first time. The director who’s one of the most prominent women in anime swung by a few years ago, when she was prepping K-ON! The Movie, in which a band of perky girl music… -
Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System
My review of the first two Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System films is on the AlltheAnime website. -
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…
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
(Sight & Sound, BFI) Berlin, the 1940s. Eight year-old Bruno is the son of a German officer. Bruno’s father is promoted and takes his family to a forbidd… -
Sherlock Holmes (and sequel)
(Judge Dredd Megazine, Rebellion) Sherlock Holmes, like Dracula and Tarzan, is a pop-culture universe unto himself, but he may not last forever. The last Hol… -
Blade Runner: The Final Cut (‘Ultimate’ Collectors Edition)
(Sight & Sound, BFI) Philip K Dick died three months before the US release of Blade Runner, the film based on his 1968 science-fiction novel Do Androids …
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The Lego Batman Movie
(Sight & Sound, BFI) The pendulum swings back. Last year’s Batman v Superman was vacantly humourless in its presentation of Batman (played by Ben Affleck… -
Kung Fu Panda 3
[Whereas I have an entry on the original Kung Fu Panda film in my 100 Animated Feature Films book, here’s my review of the third film for Sight & Sound m… -
Jungle Book (2016)
(Sight & Sound, BFI) Disney’s new version of The Jungle Book remakes a 49 year-old cartoon – the 1967 Jungle Book – using post-Avatar technology. Directe…
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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…