Hayao Miyazaki’s optimism dims in ‘The Boy and the Heron’

When Hayao Miyazaki’s acclaimed new movie “The Boy and the Heron” made its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, one of the Japanese master’s biggest fans stepped on stage to […]

Hayao Miyazaki’s How Do You Live? is a gloriously demented goodbye

Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki stands next to a statue of a stylized lion with one hand on its head in Venice, Italy in 2008.

This first impression of Hayao Miyazaki’s How Do You Live? comes from the movie’s opening in Japan. American release plans for the film have not been announced yet. It’s been 10 years since The Wind […]