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The Boy and the Heron (2023)
Miyazaki’s final film. It’s an imaginative story that sees a boy find himself in a magical world, though the plot’s a bit eclectic as it moves all over the place
Containing some distinctive design and a heartfelt core. It’s fun with depth
The Wind Rises (2013)
Loosely based on the life of aero-engineer Jiro Horikoshi, there is a sincerity to this film that tells of a man trying to build his dreams in a world acting against him
A breakaway for Miyazaki, he nonetheless delivers a distinct piece of art
Ponyo (2008)
On the weaker end of Miyazaki’s films, it’s not subtle in its criticism of how we treat the oceans as it’s another film of our relationship with nature
Very fun and cute in places. It’s another example of his films that’s sure-fire easy entertainment
My Neighbour Totoro (1988)
An imaginative film with some iconic imagery. This is about childhood wonder and imagination, putting you back to seeing with the eyes of a child
While it’s a light plot, it’s a fun film that’s easy to get invested in
Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
A fantasy epic that if just teaming with imagination. As the plot shifts from place to place you’re thrown into this world, coming together to a poignant climax
Another classic of anime from Miyazaki
Princess Mononoke (1997)
From Miyazaki this epic tells of a war between man and nature. Driven by an imaginative and fantastical plot, some of the imagery devised is very memorable
With good action and design work, it is wonderfully directed
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winds (1984)
The classic post-apocalyptic anime. It says how we should embrace nature rather than fear and destroy it
A simple and fun action-adventure with shallow yet lovable characters. On top of artwork that is truly beautiful at points
Papillon (1973)
Whilst it has comedic elements, this portrays the desolate conditions of the French Guyana penal colony. The absolute depravity they’re subjected to
McQueen gives a great performance, though weakens towards the end. And it is wonderfully directed by Schaffner
I bet the passengers on the Orient Express were so smug with themselves that they’d come up with the perfect murder plot before fucking Poirot got on the train
A Time for Drunken Horses (2000)
A Kurdish film, it tells the struggle of a group of parentless children in rural boarderlands
With non-professional actors, it’s a very realist that isn’t extravagant. Almost documentary. You feel their pain and builds to the nail-biting climax
There is one example from 1915 and it is NOT a good one
The Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa made films about himself and managed to gain support through it
Victim is cited as having liberalised views towards homosexuality
(Continued)
When the Berlin Wall came down The Unbearable Lightness of Being was playing and was the first the east ever learnt of the Invasion of Prague
JFK caused Congress to declassify documents
Rosetta led to a Belgian law that teenagers couldn’t be paid below minimum wage
The Exterminating Angel (1962)
The classic film of dinner guests inexplicably unable to leave. There’s something to read into the class divide, but it’s mostly an absurd comedy that could almost be a horror situation
Fun and absurd. It’s one of Buñuel’s best
L’Âge d’Or (1930)
The classic Buñuel & Dali film that caused controversy in its day for its satirising of lust and the establishment
An absurdist, surrealist film that broke from tradition. It’s not very communicative, leaving space for interpretation. But has very little plot
Digger (2026)
A fascinating, complex film that is sure to have a marmite reception. Around the halfway point you may be thinking it’s a pretentious mess but if you see it to the end it pays-off
Cruise knocks it on if the park, supported by a great cast particularly…
(1/5)
…play narrative seems gratuitous until the revelation that for them this is a true story. Then it becomes about how a complicated man is reduced to a caricature for the masses so they can come to terms with their situation
It’s such a shame this has underperformed…
(4/5)