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...

This won't be a long post. I'm a little tired to be honest, and want to spend some more time considering my upcoming opinion piece. Next...

Hirokazu Koreeda is the master of the modern socially-conscious, family drama who chooses to explore the various dynamics in the familial...

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

As have many others in this last wave of summons, I have been contacted by work. So I must return in the next couple of weeks of August...

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...

I still remember the first scene I ever saw Olivia de Havilland in. Sweeping towards the audience, matronly in her large hooped gown,...