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“The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness”
Spectres of the past line the halls of Studio Ghibli. The frames of The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness, Mami Sunada’s documentary about the studio’s rush to complete Hayao Miyazaki’s 2013 film The Wind Rises, are decorated with them. A sketch of Kiki hovers ove...
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Blu-Ray Review: “The Wind Rises”
Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Release Date: November 18, 2014
MSRP: $36.95
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Film: A / Video: A / Audio: A- / Extras: B+
In recent days, one of the worst possible stories for fans of animation in general floated over the summer...
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Blu-Ray Review: “Kiki’s Delivery Service”
Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Release Date: November 18, 2014
MSRP: $36.95
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Film: B+ / Video: A / Audio: A / Extras: B-
As with Hayao Miyazaki's final film, The Wind Rises, his 1989 effort Kiki's Delivery Service is obsessed w...
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Blu-Ray Review: “Princess Mononoke”
Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Release Date: November 18, 2014
MSRP: $36.95
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Film: A / Video: A / Audio: A- / Extras: B-
What must it have been like to see Princess Mononoke in the fall of 1999 in American theaters? Even with a...
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“The Tale of Princess Kaguya”
Note. This review was originally published during our coverage of Fantastic Fest 2014.
Within a year, two titans of animated filmmaking have decided to bring their long-storied careers to a close. Last year, Studio Ghibli co-founder and animation maestro Ha...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 130: “Howl’s Moving Castle”
As we quickly approach the American release of Hayao Miyazaki's latest film, The Wind Rises, it's time once more for Mousterpiece Cinema to wade into the past of Studio Ghibli. This week, Gabe and Josh focus their sights on Howl's Moving Castle, with two speci...
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Final Trailer for Studio Ghibli’s ‘When Marnie Was There’
When Marnie Was There is the latest film from Studio Ghibli. The film opens this weekend, if you happen to live in Japan. Regardless of where its opening, any new film in the Studio Ghibli library is reason enough to celebrate and this new film comes from the ...
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The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: “The Wind Rises”
"The wind is rising! ... We must try to live!"
~Paul Valéry
The Wind Rises may be classified as a "biopic," but it is less a document of a man than it is of a dream: beginning with its birth, progressing through its lifespan, and then finally waving a tearfu...
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The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: “From Up On Poppy Hill”
As we've already established, Goro Miyazaki's Tales From Earthsea was Studio Ghibli's first disaster. Despite making lots of money at the Japanese box office, it also had the much more affecting consequence of being their first critically reviled film. Having ...
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The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: “The Secret World of Arrietty”
It's strange how much of a difference an English dub can make. That's how I watched The Secret World of Arietty when I first saw it two years ago, and I found it to be one of the Studio's lesser entries. Having watched it a second time for this piece, in its o...
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