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Tag: Hayao Miyazaki

Casting Deep Meteo
Hayao Miyazaki rubs his hands on his head, his glasses clutched haphazardly in one. An unlit cigarette dangles from his mouth.

An Insult to Life Itself

By Levi Rubeck • May 9th, 2025

“We humans are losing faith in ourselves.”

Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman sit in an old North England kitchen, resting casually. This is a still from Practical Magic.

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.

A robot with his face split open, this is a still from the game Detroit.

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!

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