In the Business of Adaptation By Amanda Hudgins • April 13th, 2020 A faithfulness to a format that is no longer consistent with the product that you’re making is worshiping at the ground of a false idol.
No Accounting for Tastes Countdown to Extinction By Adam Boffa • October 14th, 2019 In Hayao Miyazaki’s grandest work, humans confront extinction.
Auteur Theory and Games By Malindy Hetfeld • August 20th, 2018 There’s a certain romanticism to the idea that a single individual could not only develop a recognizable brand for themselves, but maintain it across their work.
A Dream of Flying By Jordan Mammo • March 6th, 2014 Jordan Mammo uncovers the fleeting dream hidden beneath the controversy surrounding Hayao Miyazaki’s final movie, The Wind Rises.
Makoto Shinkai: An Auteur’s Evolution By Daniel Imperiale • October 21st, 2011 Makoto Shinkai’s got a new film – somehow with a longer title than the last one – and Unwinnable’s got the goods on it!