Isle of Dogs
By Benjamin Tran March 25, 2018
Wes Anderson’s new and visually stunning escapade, flavored by the Japanese cinema of the Kurosawa and Miyazaki persuasion.
Wes Anderson’s new and visually stunning escapade, flavored by the Japanese cinema of the Kurosawa and Miyazaki persuasion.
For the exceptional quality of its artwork, this film is a must-see for teen and adult fans of anime.
A visual delight and a beautifully rendered, intriguing imagining of a little-known female artist’s life.
Two films to discover at the 54th New York Film Festival: The Rehearsal, with one of the best ensembles in the program, and the animated teen meltdown My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea.
A gorgeously drawn, beautifully scored, and, as is wont with most erotic Japanese anime, disturbing film,
This year, the two best films made by first-time feature filmmakers at Cannes were animated. Both movies are told with precision but without rigidity. In both cases, you won’t know where the free-flowing story is headed.
This is a perfect film for smart, preteen kids (as well as adults) and a welcome relief from the YA dystopian merry-go-round that Hollywood finds itself in.
It’s tough to digest a film written by Charlie Kaufman right after you have seen it. Even the more accessible ones are enigmatic: Being John Malkovich (involving a portal into actor John Malkovich’s mind) and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, where Jim Carrey erases all memories, literally, of his relationship with Kate Winslet after […]
There’s no intelligible dialogue in this animated odyssey about a nameless boy who leaves his home in the countryside in search of his father, but it still manages to speak to the heart. The father has left for the city to find work, and his lonely son undertakes a dreamlike pursuit. Growing in sinister stature […]