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Review: “Challengers” is a tennis three-way with one hell of a climax
Come for the homoerotic tennis, stay for the sizzling Reznor/Ross score
Apr 26
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Miyazaki Madness, Part 7: "Whisper of the Heart" and the joys of creativity
An underrated Ghibli classic written by Miyazaki and directed by Yoshifumi Kondō
Apr 25
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Read my essay on Makoto Shinkai in The Criterion Collection
Life achievement unlocked!
Apr 24
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Review: "Spy x Family Code: White" is obscene amounts of fun
The Best Show has become The Best Movie
Apr 19
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Miyazaki Madness, Part 6: "Porco Rosso" is one of my favorite movie memories
An aerial anti-fascist marvel of a movie
Apr 18
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Review: "Civil War" is challenging, confrontational, and shatteringly powerful
Alex Garland might just have made his masterpiece
Apr 13
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Miyazaki Madness, Part 5: "Kiki's Delivery Service" and my Ghibli origin story
This is where it all started for me
Apr 11
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Review: "Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus" is a marvel of sound and silence
A musician rehearsing mortality in real time
Apr 4
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Miyazaki Madness, Part 4: "My Neighbor Totoro" is the definitive Ghibli classic
Everyone aboard the Catbus for another review!
Apr 4
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Jonathan R. Lack
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Miyazaki Madness, Part 3: "Laputa: Castle in the Sky" is adventure movie perfection
The birth of Studio Ghibli, and a movie for the ages
Mar 28
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Miyazaki Madness, Part 2: "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind" Changes Anime History
Miyazaki's epochal classic is also one of his darkest films
Mar 21
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"Dragon Ball Super: Broly" and the softening of Akira Toriyama
The legendary mangaka was, at heart, a big 'ol softy - and we loved him for it
Mar 20
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