Tag: Studio Canal
September 4, 2017 · 0 comments
The Boy and the Beast
By Andrew Osmond. Early on in Mamoru Hosoda’s new film The Boy and the Beast, a child is whisked – dare we say spirited? – to a world of strange, magical beings. As the terrified boy rushes pell-mell through bright lights and food stalls, anime fans will think of a certain Ghibli film, and wonder […]
June 8, 2016 · 0 comments
When Marnie Was There
By Andrew Osmond. When Marnie Was There, released in cinemas on 10th June through Studio Canal, may be the last feature film made at the world’s most famous anime studio, Ghibli. Marnie tells the story of a solitary, withdrawn, rather boyish-looking girl called Anna. As the film opens, she’s sent away to a coastal town […]
April 1, 2016 · 0 comments
Kurosawa’s Ran
Andrew Osmond revisits a restored classic. In 1985, Akira Kurosawa released his last epic film, Ran (meaning “Chaos”). The Japanese-French co-production was inspired by Shakespeare’s King Lear but it transposed the tragedy to the lost Japan of many Kurosawa classics, of violent swordplay, doomed heroes and harsh morality. Such films – Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Throne […]