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Before the initial release of “Howl’s Moving Castle” 20 years ago, Akihiko Yamashita spent nearly two years working as the supervising animator on the Studio Ghibli...
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When attempting to break into a nascent film industry, many filmmakers place their bets in tried and tested formats. Family dramas, romantic comedies, action thrillers. But,...
The emergence of streaming’s new Big Four. A look at the future of moviegoing and the near-term future of AMC Theatres. A blunt discussion about how...
Jungle has only two gold singles, and just one of those two charted in the U.S. But based on the reaction from the crowd during Friday’s...
Albert Serra‘s “Afternoons of Solitude” begins not taking the bull by the horns, but looking it in the eye. It opens on a blunt close-up of...
It’s no coincidence that the new Netflix documentary “Will & Harper” was released just a few weeks before Election Day. The film chronicles a cross-country road...
After spending four episodes unpacking the troubled lives of Lyle and Erik Menendez, Netflix’s “Monsters” undergoes an intense shift in style in its fifth episode. Titled...
Brian Williams may have found his next TV-news job….except it won’t be on traditional TV. The veteran NBC News and MSNBC anchor is in late-stage discussions...