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Takahata Isao obituary: Studio Ghibli’s quiet visionary of the real
Both mentor and foil to his Ghibli co-founder Miyazaki Hayao, Takahata was a restless if unhurried adventurer who opened Japanese animation up to richer, deeper vistas, writes Alex Dudok de Wit.
Sunday 8 April 2018 -
The Arrietty director has teamed up with fellow Studio Ghibli veteran Nishimura Yoshiaki to start a new company, and fittingly their first film is all about taking a leap into the unknown, they tell Andrew Gutman.
Sunday 8 April 2018 -
From the Magazine
Slow on the draw: Takahata Isao’s long road to The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
In memory of the late Studio Ghibli co-founder Takahata Isao – Nick Bradshaw’s 2015 feature about the ‘giant sloth’s’ implacable perfectionism, and how he took 14 years to make his delicately refined swansong The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.
Saturday 7 April 2018 -
From the Magazine
Film of the week: 120 BPM is an enthralling, devastating call to action
Robin Campillo’s superb story of Aids activists in the 1990s is more than just a revelatory period piece, it’s a celebration of sex, dance and the invigorating value of collective resistance, writes Ben Walters.
Thursday 5 April 2018 -
From the Magazine
Ready Player One review: Spielberg’s VR throwback
Steven Spielberg’s teen neuromancer likes life in the rear-view blinkers – with qualms, says Pamela Hutchinson.
Tuesday 3 April 2018 -
Stéphane Audran obituary: a new wave icon
A muse to Claude Chabrol, Stéphane Audran left her haute-cheekboned mark on the arthouse of a generation, from The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie to Babette’s Feast, writes Ginette Vincendeau.
Friday 30 March 2018 -
From the Magazine
Film of the week: Isle of Dogs, Wes Anderson’s absurdist canine caper
The universe of this shaggy-dog story reflects the influence of classic animators and Japanese auteurs both, but its attention to delightful detail and its sympathy for pack of furry leads are all Anderson’s own, writes Kim Newman.
Thursday 29 March 2018 -
Real men don’t read? In a Lonely Place and the self-loathing screenwriter
In Nicholas Ray’s classic film noir, Bogie plays a writer with an aversion to opening a book. Is this the reductio ad absurdum of macho masculinity, asks Brad Stevens?
Wednesday 28 March 2018 -
Look Back in Anger archive review: the best young British film of our generation
Tony Richardson’s ferocious version of John Osborne’s famous play, starring Richard Burton as the original angry young man, returns to cinemas this weekend. On its first release, Penelope Houston heralded “something new in British cinema”.
Wednesday 28 March 2018 -
Fighting through the night: socialist odds and sods at AV Festival 2018
Cut loose from Arts Council funding, this year’s edition of the North East’s invaluable arts biennial forged on with its exploration of socialist pasts and futures against a distracted and hostile climate, writes Michael Pattison.
Tuesday 27 March 2018
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