If the mother/ daughter dynamic in cinema is the strain between the genders, the conflict in the father/daughter dynamic tugs on the...

“From the star. From the stars. The sea is the mother. The people are her bosom. Heaven is the playground.” And the so the festival...

I saw Belle last night. I would love to divulge my extensive and, even for me, salty interpretation of modern day, post-lockdown...

“If it’s possible for one person to be hurt by another, then it’s possible for that person to be healed by another.” – Hatori Sohma I'm...

‘What grace have I to fall so in love?’ - Lizzie West Valentine’s Day is naff, we all know it. Coming from a bitter old hag like myself...

Halloween is drawing ever nearer and with the possibility of a night-in for most, I have decided to reflect on some of my favourite...

It's funny that we all have our little obsessions. Funnier still is how they come and go. For some it's romance novels, others it's the...

“Animators can only draw from their own experiences of pain and shock and emotions.” - Hayao Miyazaki Back again to continue the list of...

“Anime – it’s not something that can be thought of in a hall for conferences. It is made out of strange juices current from the brain of...

Anime had produced some of the best visuals, characters and storytelling since the dawn of cinema. But it currently isn’t as highly...

Studio Ghibli’s cinema was the first time I really understood the difference between a children’s film and a family film. Until then my...

Note: All scores used throughout this article I am very fond of, no hating from me on the links shared today. Music is possibly the...

Rating: *** I was so pumped to watch A Whisker Away. Like, embarrassingly so. Not a day went by in the month beforehand did I not think...

*Minor Spoilers - but not too many, hopefully enough to get you interested* ‘…I have an ideal to make movies that deal with values that...

*Minor spoilers ahead – predominantly vague* The world is in a bit of a muddle; sometimes we all get overwhelmed by the misery that...