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TO THE WONDER

On Monday, the Japanese master’s celebrated film will be re-released in select theaters. Its eco-conscious message remains as stunningly vital today as it did then.

STUNNING

A 25-year-old makeup artist has just created a Miyazaki-inspired video that has to be seen to be believed.

THINGS FALL APART

The twinkly eyed visionary behind Spirited Away expresses some non-magical feelings about making movies and suffering in the documentary The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

Feminism

Disney's Frozen debunks outdated tropes like love at first sight and damsels in distress, slyly showing us how not to make a princess movie. Warning: some spoilers ahead.

Ghibli

Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki is perhaps our only children’s auteur, and his new release, The Wind Rises, is the saddest film of the year—because it is likely his last.