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“Why Must Fireflies Die So Young?”: Isao Takahata’s Masterpiece 30 Years On

Studio Ghibli's co-founder Isao Takahata passed away on 5 April. Karl Smith commemorates the legendary director, screenwriter, and producer with a personal reflection on grief through Takahata's first film Grave of the Fireflies, released thirty years ago this year

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Following announcements of a pause in their film production, Quietus writers reflect upon their favourite films from Japanese animation titans Studio Ghibli

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Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata has died aged 82

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Films Through The Window: The Cinema Of Bruno Dumont

Bruno Dumont's Hors Satan is finally released on DVD this week. To mark the release Anthony Nield looks back over the director's awkward and fascinating body of work

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Yasmeen Khan weighs up the latest Scandinavian crime adaptation, opening in UK cinemas this Friday

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Unearthing The Lovely Bones: Peter Jackson’s Most Mature Work To Date?

Peter Jackon's latest film _The Lovely Bones_ may seem a far cry from the blood-soaked days of _Braindead_ and _Bad Taste_ but, as Josh Saco argues, there's more to the Kiwi director than lo-fi horror and Hollywood pandering

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Undercover: The Erotic Films Of Peter De Rome

Anthony Nield revisits the groundbreaking gay cinema of British director Peter de Rome, whose signature work arrives on DVD this week, nearly four decades after it premiered in New York

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Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York Reviewed

Only Charlie Kaufman could make a film which manages to undermine itself. Dave Moats examines this fascinating disaster

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Getting It Together In The Country: Hide And Seek Reviewed

Mat Colegate reviews Joanna Coates' thought-provoking debut feature film

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Isao Takahata

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