Movies
Ten years after ‘The Wind Rises,’ the world’s greatest living animator returns with a hauntingly personal story of grief, loss and perseverance.
Awards
In a tribute, director Guillermo del Toro says of the animation master’s films, “They are paradoxical because he understands that beauty cannot exist without horror, and delicacy cannot exist without brutality.â€
The sixth annual Animation Is Film Festival will present Hayao Miyazaki in Imax, an Aardman animation workshop and an array of international and American releases.
Television
In Screen Gab no. 149, we catch up with ‘Challengers,’ now streaming on Prime Video, speak with the man behind Colin Farrell’s prosthetics in ‘The Penguin’ and more.
The Academy Museum’s “Hayao Miyazaki†exhibition, the first North American museum retrospective on the acclaimed filmmaker, opens April 30, 2021.
Opinion
The Democrats are getting mileage with a new line of attack against the Republican ticket. But what does “weird†really mean?
Hollywood Inc.
The two firms have already worked together to release films in the U.S., with GKids handling last year’s Oscar-winning Studio Ghibli feature “The Boy and the Heron.†Financial terms were not disclosed.
Entertainment & Arts
Vote and take in a museum to calm your election day anxiety; later in the week, Sophia Loren and ‘Waiting for Godot,’ starring Rainn Wilson and Aasif Mandvi, come to town.
Sony Animation’s “Spider-Man: Across the Spider Verse†bested Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and the Heron†to win best feature at this year’s Annie Awards.
Hayao Miyazaki’s 1979 feature directorial debut, “Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro,†is a must-see for any Studio Ghibli fan.