A grieving boy finds himself on a wild adventure to save his stepmother in Hayao Miyazaki’s latest Studio Ghibli film, The Boy and the Heron. There was understandably a lot of hype around The Boy and the Heron at TIFF 2023 as this was supposedly the last Studio Ghibli film by Hayao Miyazaki. However, Miyazaki has since said that…
Last Week’s Episode: The Cats and The Furious
Howdy team – we’re trying a new day of the week for these roundups, which of course I promptly forgot about immediately, but here we are! Thursdays! What a concept! This week I absolutely do not talk about any ye olde timey film classics, but please know that I have in fact seen a movie…
Five Cute Cartoons You Can Stream Right Now
There’s an abundance of great things to watch on streaming services, and sometimes it can be overwhelming. So here at Women Write About Comics, we’ve put together a list of some of the loveliest animated treasures that the internet has to offer! Whether you’re having a low energy day or just need something inspiring to…
A Lifetime on the Beach with The Red Turtle
The Red Turtle Michaël Dudok de Wit (director) Michaël Dudok de Wit & Pascale Ferran (writers) Studio Ghibli and Wild Bunch June 29, 2017 France, September 17, 2016 Japan The world has been loud and tumultuous lately–incoming news is coming in so fast it’s hard to keep up and what can be read feels overwhelming….
ESSAY: Food In Film: Finding Safe Spaces In Fiction
There has always been something incredibly magical and calming to me about food in fiction. As a child, often the moments I would return to were the ones in which royalty hosted extravagant feasts, tables bursting with meats, cakes, and more dishes than I could name. Families who ate small, intimate meals. Adventurers who packed…