Category: Features

October 5, 2023 · 0 comments

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

By Andrew Osmond. Dolls, dogs, gods, children and their relationships with neurotically self-conscious humanity come under philosophical investigation in Mamoru Oshii’s sequel to his film, Ghost in the Shell. Rendered in a blend of drawn and computer animation, the sequel’s first half looks like a sleekly beautiful variant on the future-noir aesthetic of Blade Runner, […]

October 2, 2023 · 0 comments

Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower

Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower

By Jonathan Clements. On a distant, desiccated planet wistfully named Eden, colonists George (Yosuke Kubozuka) and Romi (Rie Miyazawa) play at being Adam and Eve. They have a long road ahead of them if they are to ever terraform the planet and make it truly habitable for human life. For now, they are obliged to […]

September 29, 2023 · 0 comments

Tekkonkinkreet

Tekkonkinkreet

By Jasper Sharp. Directed by the LA-born Michael Arias, and adapted from Taiyo Matsumoto’s cult manga of the same name, Tekkonkinkreet depicts the adventures of two young street urchins named Kuro and Shiro (“Black” and “White”) as they run riot around the aptly-named Takara-Machi (Treasure Town), leading a feral existence far removed from the other […]

September 26, 2023 · 0 comments

The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store

The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store

By Jonathan Clements. There’s something weird about the Hokkyoku Department Store – all the customers are animals. There’s an owl who can’t find a something to placate his wife; there’s a wolf in search of a proposal gift to win another wolf’s heart; there’s a sea mink that just can’t find the right present for […]

September 22, 2023 · 0 comments

Galaxy Express 999

Galaxy Express 999

By Helen McCarthy. Rintaro’s 1979 film Galaxy Express 999 travels a very considerable distance, goes faster than you might expect, but skips a number of stations. And the infrastructure still isn’t complete, so some destinations remain unreachable… a bit like Crossrail.

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