Writer and director Isaiah Saxon was very much reflecting on the Santa Cruz Mountains and their redwood forests when devising ...

Studio Ghibli's My Neighbor Totoro saw Hayao Miyazaki create a powerful ending about faith, belief and the magic of mankind being one with nature.

A devastating animated masterpiece, Grave of the Fireflies explores the brutal cost of war through the heartbreaking story of ...

Director Isaiah Saxon got his start making otherworldly videos for Grizzly Bear and Björk. For his debut feature, a large ...

"If I didn’t adopt my husband’s surname, I’d be branded the worst kind of F-word in a conservative community: feminist." ...

The Nine Old Men was a collective term for a team of animators who had begun their careers with the Disney studio in its ...

However, one instant last week felt like a reprieve when ... and who among us has not wanted to ride the Catbus from My Neighbor Totoro or seek comfort in the onigiri (rice balls) from Spirited Away.

She also points to composers like Joe Hisaishi and records from My Neighbour Totoro as formative ... It reminds me of everything I felt watching it.” In fact, it was in Japan where Jonze ...