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Ring

October 31, 2020by Dan Meier Leave a comment

A journalist (Nanako Matsushima) faces the toughest deadline of her career when she’s given 7 days to live after watching a cursed videotape that resembles one of David Lynch’s home […]

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Ponyo

August 26, 2020by Dan Meier Leave a comment

Newly reopened cinemas are releasing some classics back into the wild, including Studio Ghibli’s Ponyo; the story of a boy (Hiroki Doi) living on the coast who befriends a magical goldfish […]

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Ran

July 2, 2020by Alex Chafey Leave a comment

Akira Kurosawa once again takes Shakespeare from The Globe to the other side of the globe in this adaptation of King Lear. As compared to Throne of Blood, Ran is […]

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Samurai Marathon

May 15, 2020by Dan Meier Leave a comment

When an American naval officer (Danny Huston) lands on the shores of Feudal Japan, a daimyo (Hiroki Hasegawa) sends his army on a 36-mile footrace to test their mettle that […]

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Arrietty

March 10, 2020by Dan Meier Leave a comment

Studio Ghibli shrinks to Studio Gimli in this 2010 Borrowers adaptation.  Ghibli is all about detail, making Mary Norton’s diminutive classic the perfect playground for the anime giant’s miniaturised magic. […]

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Penguin Highway

March 8, 2020by Dan Meier Leave a comment

From the nation that gave us Pingu in the City comes this 2018 anime about a precocious fourth-grader (Kana Kita) investigating a sudden influx of penguins. Waddle they think up […]

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Onibaba

February 28, 2020by Dan Meier Leave a comment

Onibaba is another Asian film about staring into the abyss, literally in the case of two women living in a hut next to a pit. This Japanese classic hops across […]

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Porco Rosso

February 20, 2020by Dan Meier Leave a comment

A porcine fighter pilot eludes Italian fascist swine in Studio Ghibli’s Porco Rosso. Hayao Miyazaki’s ode to old Hollywood follows the Bogartian bounty hunter through a series of hog nights […]

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Tokyo Story

February 15, 2020by Alex Chafey Leave a comment

An elderly couple (Chishū Ryū and Chieko Higashiyama) make their first trip to Tokyo to visit their children. First the children’s lives are shown from the perspective of the parents, […]

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Weathering With You

January 23, 2020by Dan Meier Leave a comment

A teenage boy (Kotaro Daigo) runs away to Tokyo and meets a girl who can control the weather (Nana Mori), but soon finds that Cloudbusting is best left to Kate […]

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