Makato Shinkai’s movie is the body-swapping romance-cum-disaster film you didn’t realize you were waiting for.
Tag: Hayao Miyazaki
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Mad Max is back, plus the rest of our new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Far From the Madding Crowd, the rest of our new movie reviews, and this week’s notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Our favorite movies of 2014
The best films of the year, according to J.R. Jones and Ben Sachs
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Will Tale of the Princess Kaguya be Studio Ghibli’s final masterpiece?
Renowned animation outfit Studio Ghibli ponders its future as its new Tale of the Princess Kaguya looks to the past.
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Out of the closet, out of the shadows, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Kiss the Blood Off My Hands and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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The Wind Rises: On a higher plane
Hayao Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises considers a man who saw the beauty in war.
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My favorite Chicago movie premieres of 2013, 30-21
The first in a multipart series on notable movies to first appear in Chicago this past year
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Catching up with R.I.P.D before it dies, and the rest of this week’s screenings
A summary of movies playing in Chicago from July 26 to August 1
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Meet some cool cats of avant-garde cinema this Friday and Saturday
Previewing a program of cat-related experimental shorts playing on Friday and Saturday
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Hayao Miyazaki’s millennial odyssey
Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind creates a world 1,000 years after the demise of our own.
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Almodovar takes flight, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Get to Lakeview before the suns sets on Poppy Hill
The latest animated feature by Japan’s Studio Ghibli is leaving town too soon.
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A list of 20 notable classics and rediscoveries that screened in Chicago in 2012
The year in revival screenings