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All posts by Christopher Runyon
Runyon’s 20 Most Anticipated Films From Sundance 2014
As has always been the case, I wasn't able to go to the Sundance Film Festival at Park City, Utah this year; able only, like so many of us, to fawn over social media, tweets, and reviews of festival films that are worth seeing as I gently caress my computer sc...
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The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘Whisper of the Heart’
Whisper of the Heart. What a lovely title for a story. Simple, poetic, and evocative of how beautifully transient the simplest of moments can be. It also best describes the appeal of Yoshifumi Kondô's short-lived legacy as an animator: he came and went like a ...
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The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘Pom Poko’
Pom Poko is a strange film, and not just for the obvious reasons. Isao Takahata's first foray outside of the realism that defined his previous two features in the studio contains a premise that's strange enough on its own; about a clan of Japanese raccoon dogs...
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A Familiar Story: Hayao Miyazaki May Not Be Retiring
Correction: upon further examination of the radio interview with Miyazaki, it would appear that his remarks are more suggestive than declarative. At this time we can't accurately or confidently claim that he's not retiring.
A funny thing happened on New Ye...
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The 20 Best Scenes of 2013
Last year wasn't just a strong year of film; it was also a year of such an eclectic variety of good films of all sorts. While there wasn't a whole lot to chew on in the mainstream American film landscape, the independent and foreign scenes were thriving with g...
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For Your Reconsideration: ‘Wolf Children’
Christopher Runyon shines a spotlight at the most underseen Japanese animated film of the year, Mamoru Hosada's 'Wolf Children.'
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The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘Porco Rosso’
There's a scene in Porco Rosso where our porcine hero, a sky bounty hunter during the time between the two World Wars, is looking to rebuild his plane with a new engine. The mechanic shows him their latest model, which is adorned with the name "GHIBLI" in big,...
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For Your Reconsideration: ‘Beyond the Hills’
There have been many pictures that really stuck with me over the course of this fine year of film, and yet there's one that has lingered through my memory more than most, and I happened to see it in the beginning of March: Cristian Mungiu's quietly harrowing B...
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The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘Only Yesterday’
Takahata's meditation on childhood innocence deserves far more recognition.
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The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’
Christopher Runyon looks back at what could be the nicest movie ever made.
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