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April 18, 2021 · 1 comment
Books: How Do You Live?
By Jonathan Clements. Copper is an unremarkable little boy, short in stature, high in grades, with a family in genteel poverty after the death of his father has caused a little bit of downsizing to the lower middle class. But he has a vivid imagination and a kind heart (unless you are one of the […]
April 15, 2021 · 0 comments
True Mothers
by Jeremy Clarke. Naomi Kawase’s new film True Mothers deals with the interface between unwanted teen pregnancy and infertility among married couples and was Japan’s entry for this year’s Best International Feature Film at the Oscars. Sadly, its story of an unmarried mum who hands her child over to childless, adoptive parents only to later […]
April 14, 2021 · 1 comment
JUJUTSU KAISEN’S ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK BEING RELEASED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH JAPAN DIGITALLY
ANIME LIMITED TO RELEASE JUJUTSU KAISEN’S ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH JAPAN DIGITALLY Anime Limited is pleased to present the digital release of the JUJUTSU KAISEN Original Soundtrack in North America, Europe and Oceania, day and date with Japan! GLASGOW, APRIL 14 2021 – Anime Limited is pleased to announce the digital release of the original […]
April 12, 2021 · 0 comments
Your Name
By Shelley Pallis. The forthcoming re-release of Makoto Shinkai’s world-beating romance Your Name is a perfect opportunity to revisit his 2016 blockbuster, and to poke around in some of the on 4K Blu-ray gossip and behind-the-scenes stories of its inception. The liner notes alone are thick with details liable to pass even hard-core fans by […]
April 9, 2021 · 1 comment
Violet Evergarden
By Jeannette Ng. Set in the aftermath of an all-consuming war, Violet Evergarden follows the eponymous lead, an ex-child soldier, as she tries to piece together the fragments of her self through a new job ghost-writing letters. Apr 9, 2021Jonathan Clements
April 6, 2021 · 0 comments
Books: Grave of the Fireflies
By Jonathan Clements. Long overdue for inclusion in the BFI’s Film Classics series, Isao Takahata’s Grave of the Fireflies finally gets the critical treatment, courtesy of Alex Dudok de Wit. In 100 closely argued pages, he takes the reader through the film’s genesis at Studio Ghibli, the peculiarities of its director, its major themes and […]