Mustang is rightfully the official entry from France for the Academy Awards. I never understood why each country could only have one. Don’t we hope they make two or even three Oscar-worthy movies a year? But if there can be only one, I’m glad Mustang is this year’s francophile Connor MacLeod. Five Turkish sisters (Gunes […]
When people say the name Hayao Miyazaki, people may not turn their heads in familiarity. Fortunately, his work speaks volumes. Once the co-founder and major force behind Japan’s Studio Ghibli (which the name is actually an Italian noun meaning Mediterranean wind), he’s directed anime classics Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Nausicaa Valley of […]