‘Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind’: A Haunting Sci-Fi Allegory that Established Miyazaki as an Environmentalist Icon
Photo: ‘Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind’/Toel Company Insect Apocalypse We haven’t seen a quarter of known bee species since the 1990s. Western monarch butterfly populations have dropped by ~97% between the 1980s and mid-2010s. Ants, bees, butterflies,...
Unfinished Film Franchises: Stories in Film Left Incomplete With Abandoned Story Arcs
Photo: Unfinished Film Franchises For every story that gets made in Hollywood, another is bought and never sees life on the silver screen. And for some of the ones that do get made, there can be big plans for the future of the film that are never realized. Franchises...
The Five Best and Most Influential Asian American Filmmakers in Hollywood
Photo: Asian American Filmmakers The Lunar New Year, otherwise known as Chinese New Year, was recently celebrated on February 12th. While the Gregorian calendar declares January 1st as the first day of the new year, and has since become the most widespread day of...
The 10 Best Movies to Watch on Valentine’s Day
Photo: Valentine’s Day Movies Love, like death, is one of life’s most basic and enduring constants that continues to perplex and evade definition–nobody is a master, and anybody who claims to be is either deluding themselves or selling you something. You...
