Plenty of movies have explicitly religious themes, but some of the most interesting examples of faith or transcendence on screen are much more subtle.
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These stories allow for beautiful explorations of the British countryside, and the female-focused approach that Ghibli have become known for.
After 2013’s The Wind Rises, Miyazaki spent ten years creating The Boy and the Heron, speculated to be his final film.
The 82-year-old Japanese director brings over half a century’s worth of animated masterpieces together in this coming-of-age story
Suzume stands its ground in the large collection of films and literature coming to terms with the memory of Japan’s 2011 triple disaster.
Shinto and Buddhist ideas about interconnectedness have deeply influenced Japan, shaping centuries-old rituals and stories whose impact continues today.
Despite the fact that many of its elements were alien to American audiences, the film became a sensation.
Films like Princess Mononoke, My Neighbour Totoro and Nausicaä created by Hayao Miyazaki explore the perils of neglecting nature.
A new exhibition surveys the haunting Japanese traditions and beliefs that connect the supernatural with the everyday.
After his death at the age of 82, a look at the deeply affecting impressionistic films of Studio Ghibli’s unsung co-founder .
In the wake of the atomic bombs, a number of Japanese animators would question mankind’s relationship with technology.
It is a strange and transitional time in the history of cinema. As the medium itself shifts irreversibly from celluloid to computation, the last generation of true film-makers is gradually, but inevitably…
Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki has long been considered by critics and fans alike as the epitome of animation, not only in Japan but across the world. With the release of his latest, and possibly…
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