The Noteworthy: R.I.P. Alexey Balabanov (1959-2013), Miyazaki's "The Wind is Rising", Hoberman on Jacobs
NotebookAlexey Balabanov passes, details on Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film, Spielberg and Scorsese discuss “the lightness of touch”, and more…
Alexey Balabanov passes, details on Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film, Spielberg and Scorsese discuss “the lightness of touch”, and more…
Locarno awards Herzog, 2001 is explained by a menu, two amazing trailers drop, and more…
Donald Richie passes, Michael Mann prepares a new project, Miyazaki concept sketches & more.
LOLA releases new content, Apichatpong’s mini-short “2013”, images from the new Hong Sang-soo, a visit to Hou Hsaio-hsien on set.
In our annual poll, we pair our favorite new films of 2012 with older films seen in the same year to create fantastic double features.
Film Comment’s best of the year, Raya Martin & Mark Peranson in Mexico, James Gray on American cinema, and an unexpected Guillaume sighting.
Also: Hoberman on It’s Halftime in America and the prospects for “an Obama-inflected Hollywood cinema.”
Also: The Louis Delluc Prize, books and adaptations, and celebrating Studio Ghibli.
Also: Myrna Loy, Mohammad Rasoulof, Hayao Miyazaki, Martin Scorsese, Neil Jordan, viewing and browsing and reading and more.
He's been threatening to retire for years, but even at 70, Hayao Miyazaki can't seem to slow down. While he carries on developing films for other directors, he's also lately been toying with the idea
Possibly the most interesting feature of the Ghibli Museum, located in Mitaka, is its small movie theater. It’s here that audiences can discover new and unreleased shorts by Hayao Miyazaki. Having
"Too often there's nothing but ego at the center of today's micro-indies," writes Michael Atkinson at IFC, "but Joshua Safdie's The Pleasure of Being Robbed isn't merely slacker realism or geysering