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Retrospectives (10 posts found)
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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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The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘Grave of the Fireflies’
'Grave of the Fireflies' is one of the most harrowing anti-war films ever made and the most emotionally devastating from Studio Ghibli.
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The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘My Neighbor Totoro’
Christopher Runyon explores Studio Ghibli's most iconic and joyous film, Miyazaki's 'My Neighbor Totoro.'
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The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘Castle in the Sky’
Studio Ghibli was officially formed in 1985 after proving themselves with Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind a year earlier. Believe it or not, the name “Ghibli” actually comes not from the Japanese language, but from a mispronounced Arabic word referring to a...
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Examining the Career of David Cronenberg
This post originally appeared at Dork Shelf. The upcoming introduction has been penned by its founder, Andrew Parker. A few Mezzanine writers have contributed to the following piece.
"It’s been almost decades in the making amid a still flourishing career, b...
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The Studio Ghibli Retrospective: ‘Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind’
In 1985, veteran Japanese animators Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata co-founded the little animation company that could, Studio Ghibli, alongside Toshio Suzuki and Yasuyoshi Tokuma. Like most upstarting anime companies, the team at Ghibli were unaware of how t...
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The Richard Linklater Retrospective: The Wayward and The Future
Taking a third glance backward here, and it isn't the pretty sight it once was, not at all, but the gleaming iridescence of Linklater's greatest works will always shine bright enough to create a fond attitude of sentimental warmth, one that will never truly di...
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The Richard Linklater Retrospective: The Trembling Begins
Here we are witness to a sea of mangled intent, to stop here and dissect what we know and what we see before us is to still lay in a bed of adoration. There are few misfires, and the misfires could be swiftly forgiven. If Richard Linklater had not survived 200...
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The Richard Linklater Retrospective: A Romantic and Cynical Artist Unleashed
So here are the four films that build the voice. One of unbridled optimism, one of ceaseless cynicism, one an amalgamation of every lost and found soul in the city of slackers, and one a pinnacle of romanticism that asks the viewer in which way, cynicism or ro...
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