A lot has changed since I made my list for The Anticipated for 2015. Some films, like Knight of Cups and The Little Prince, got moved to 2016, while others, like Spectre and Tomorrowland, disappointed much more than I expected. So it was a nice surprise …
Diving into the Deep End: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
This time I will be looking at Miyazaki’s second film as a director, but the first using his own original idea: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984). Nausicaä is based on a manga of the same name that was written by Miyazaki as …
Diving into the Deep End: The Castle of Cagliostro
Hayao Miyazaki has had a long and storied career, but even he had to begin somewhere, and did he ever with The Castle of Cagliostro (1979 in Japan, American release in 1991). Before this he had directed TV and shorts but not a theatrical movie. The …