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Shinkai on Stage
By Andrew Osmond. As Makoto Shinkai’s Weathering with You comes to cinemas, Andrew Osmond talks to director Alexandra Rutter about adapting Shinkai’s film The Garden of Words in a new stage play by the British company Whole Hog Theatre, which will come to London this summer.
Shinkai on Weathering
By Andrew Osmond. It’s been three years since Makoto Shinkai was last in London. “I don’t remember it being this dark or this cold,” he says. A moment later, he confirms that his new film, Weathering with You, is chiefly inspired by the climate crisis. “I don’t know how things are here in London, but […]
100% Perfect Sunshine Girl
By Jonathan Clements. Teenage runaway Hodaka (Kotaro Daigo) is living hand-to-mouth in Tokyo, writing for a tabloid newspaper about conspiracy theories and the occult. One magical story seems to come true, when burger-bar waitress Hina (Nana Mori) is revealed to have the ability to control the weather. For a short period, in a limited space […]
Weathering with You + Your Name double bill on 15th January 2020
Back in September, we were able to announce the fantastic news that we’d be bringing the new film from Your Name director Makoto Shinkai, Weathering With You, to UK cinemas in early 2020. To put it bluntly, the outpouring of excitement and love for Shinkai’s works in the wake of that announcement absolutely floored us, and we’ve […]
Weathering with You
By Andrew Osmond. By most counts, Weathering with You may be Makoto Shinkai’s seventh film – and his fifth to run over an hour – but you might also call it his difficult “second” album. In 2016, Your Name’s stunning commercial success catapulted Shinkai as if he’d been struck by that film’s rogue comet. Before, […]