Only Yesterday – My First Time Film Review David Brake May 10, 2020 Reviews In this new series of articles, our writers are watching classic films for the first time. This time we have David Brake catching up on the 1991 Studio Ghibli animation Only Yesterday. Isao Takahata’s...
The Human Cost of War in Grave of the Fireflies Kambole Campbell April 19, 2018 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Isao Takahata’s most lauded and well-recognised work that brought Studio Ghibli acclaim on an international level, Grave of the Fireflies, turned 30 years old this Monday in the wake of the Studio Ghibli...
Short of the Week – Tempête sur Anorak Rachel Brook May 30, 2016 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/89013451 Paul Cabon’s Tempête sur Anorak (Storm Hits Jacket) won the Short Jury Award for Animation at Sundance 2015. Recently screened by Picturehouse alongside the other winners, it...
CEL Mates: The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Nick Evan-Cook March 24, 2015 CEL Mates, Features, Independent 1 Comment Miyazaki who? Upon the 2013 retirement of visionary director and Studio Ghibli head honcho Hayao Miyazaki, filmgoers could have been forgiven for wondering whether the impossibly high standards the studio...
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya – Review Stephen O'Nion March 22, 2015 Reviews 2 Comments Princess Kaguya is beautiful, and that presents a problem: our protagonist has her life planned, wrapped and presented to everyone else, her restless energy and passion gradually receding into the darker...
Isao Takahata: The Unsung Hero of Studio Ghibli Andrew Daley March 20, 2015 Analysis, Features, Spotlight 2 Comments The names of Hayao Miyazaki and Joe Hisaishi are synonymous with the iconic Japanese animation company Studio Ghibli; that of award-winning director Isao Takahata, however, is one less known and more often...
