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Movie Poster of the Week: "Hausu"
6 November 2009 7:00 AM, PST | The Auteurs | See recent The Auteurs news »
I wasn't intending to feature a third horror movie poster in a row for this column, but then I saw Hausu, and, more importantly, I saw this poster.
Made in 1977, Hausu (or just plain House) is a cult Japanese comic-horror film never previously released in the Us and directed with bonkers abandon by Nobuhiko Obayashi. Obayashi, who now has some 35 features to his name, started out making experimental Super8 films in the 1960s (you can see one of them here) which led to a career making commercials, often with American movie stars. (His priceless Charles Bronson commercials for the cologne Mandom can be seen on YouTube). He is best known in the U.S., if at all, for 1989’s Beijing Watermelon which played at New Directors/New Films in 1990 (even though it was his 22nd film) and which Vincent Canby described in The New York Times as “in every way a rather ordinary conventional movie. »
Time Out’s Top 50 Animated Movies of All Time Curated by Terry Gilliam
7 October 2009 9:20 PM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Time Out London has published a list of the 50 greatest animated feature films of all time curated by Terry Gilliam . I'm not sure if this means that Gilliam hand picked the titles on the list, or if the filmmaker was simply commenting on the list created by the TimeOut editors. Either way, you can find a listing of the top 20 entries below: 1. My Neighbour Totoro (1988) Hayao Miyazaki 2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) David Hand 3. The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979) Chuck Jones and Phil Monroe 4. Fantasia (1940) 5. Toy Story (1995) John Lasseter 6. Spirited Away (2001) Hayao Miyazaki 7. Yellow Submarine (1968) George Dunning 8. Belleville Rendez-vouz (2003) Sylvain Chomet 9. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999) Trey Parker 10. Robin Hood (1973) Wolfgang Reitherman 11. Bambi (1942) David Hand 12. Grave of the Fireflies (1988) Isao Takahata 13. Dumbo (1941) Ben Sharpsteen 14. Gandahar (1988) René Laloux 15. The Iron Giant ... »
- Peter Sciretta
Major Oscar Battle Looms in the Animated-Feature Category
6 October 2009 12:32 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
By Steve Pond
Forget about best picture for a moment. There’s a battle royale shaping up among Oscar’s feature-length cartoons.
The magazine and website Time Out London, in collaboration with director Terry Gilliam, has just published a list of the 50 greatest animated films of all time. The Japanese film “My Neighbor Totoro” is number one, Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” is number two, and “Toy Story” and “Fantasia” and “Yellow Submarine” and “The Triplets of Bellville” and “South Park: Bi... »
- Steve Pond
The blogs of my blog
5 October 2009 4:10 AM, PDT | blogs.suntimes.com/ebert | See recent Roger Ebert's Blog news »
One of my favorite pastimes, especially when I should be doing something else, is moseying around the blogs of my readers. You may have noticed that when the name of a poster is displayed in blue, that means it's a link -- usually to the author's blog, although you might be surprised. Assembled here is a distinctive readership of interesting people, not least because I am vigilant about never posting idiotic or perfunctory comments. A certain civil tone is (usually) maintained, avoiding the plague of flame wars.
More than a year ago, when the blog was somewhat new to me, I wrote: "Your comments have provided me with the best idea of my readers that I have ever had, and you are the readers I have dreamed of. I was writing to you before I was sure you were there. You are thoughtful, engaged, fair, and often the authors of eloquent prose. »
- Roger Ebert
Clip du jour: Bert and Ernie get lost in translation
30 September 2009 12:30 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
It's one thing to ape Madonna videos or replace Tony Soprano with a restless Yakuza don. But certain cultural icons should be considered off-limits; and Bert and Ernie exist well inside that no-fly-zone. I know this because I've seldom felt evil breathing down my neck the way I did while watching this wackadoodle Japanese spoof on Sesame Street's answer to the odd couple. When I was a kid, watching Sesame Street in its first season on the air, Bert and Ernie inhabited the safest, coziest bedroom I could imagine. They were not shrill Benny Hills in clown makeup talking about touching "female staff's butt. »
- Christine Spines
Studio Ghibli's New Film... and More Miyazaki
29 September 2009 4:15 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Director Isao Takahata, who co-founded Studio Ghibli with Hayao Miyazaki, has revealed that he will be directing his first feature-length flick since 1999's My Neighbors the Yamadas. Takahata, who also wrote and directed the tear-jerker Grave of the Fireflies, will be taking on the classic folktale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, or Taketori Monogatari. According to Asian Pulse, "Taketori Monogatari has directly and indirectly inspired many Japanese manga and anime, such as Sailormoon and Inuyasha. This beloved story is considered to be the oldest surviving example of Japanese narrative... A little baby is found inside the stalk of a glowing plant by a bamboo cutter. He takes her home, and raises her with his wife as their own daughter, and they give her the name Kaguya-Hime (radiant-night princess). She grows into a beautiful adult woman, with many suitors, even the Emperor of Japan - and she rebuffs them all. »
- Jenni Miller
Studio Ghibli to Make The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
28 September 2009 6:41 PM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
Studio Ghibli, the Japanese animation studio behind films such as My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away and the recent Ponyo, has announced that co-founder and director Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies) will be directing The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, based on an ancient folktale. It will be Takahata’s first film in 10 years.
According to asianmoviepulse.com, the story has particular historical storytelling relevance in Japanese culture:
“The story is considered to be the oldest surviving example of Japanese narrative, and every Japanese person knows this story. A little baby is found inside the stalk of a glowing plant by a bamboo cutter. He takes her home, and raises her with his wife as their own daughter, and they give her the name Kaguya-Hime (radiant-night princess). She grows into a beautiful adult woman, with many suitors, even the Emperor of Japan – and she rebuffs them all. Then, things become »
- John Cooper
Sitges 2009 Complete Lineup
19 September 2009 12:48 AM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »
The Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia announces its complete program. There are still a few surprises to be confirmed, like the closing gala, but they have already put together the final list of films that will be screened at Sitges 09. Below you’ll find the titles of each film and their sections as well as links for the films that we have already reviewed here on Sound On Sight. Opening Film [Rec]2. Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró. 2009. Official FANTÀSTIC In Competition Section Accident. Soi Cheang. 2009. Accidents Happen. Andrew Lancaster. 2009. The Children. Tom Shankland. 2008. [1] Cold Souls. Sophie Bartes. 2009. The Countess. Julie Delpy. 2009. Les Derniers Jours Du Monde. Jean-Marie and Arnaud Larrieu. 2009. Dogtooth (Kynodontas). Yorgos Lanthimos. 2009. Dorian Gray. Oliver Parker. 2009. Enter The Void. Gaspar Noé. 2009. Grace. Paul Solet. 2009. [2] Heartless. Philip Ridley. 2009. Hierro. Gabe Ibáñez. 2009. La Horde. Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher. 2009. Ingrid. Eduard Cortés. 2009. Kinatay. Brillante Mendoza. 2009. Metropia. Tarik Saleh. 2009. Moon. »
- Ricky
Sitges 09: And the full lineup includes...
12 September 2009 1:14 AM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
The full lineup has been announced, and among the load of genre fare that's been running the fest circuit are the world premiers of:
Vincenzo Natali's latest, Splice, which we're all excited about.
Simon Fellows twisted adaptation Malice in Wonderland (trailer)
Along some of our personal favorites:
Black Dynamite (friggin awesome)
Swiss scifi flick Cargo (trailer)
Pater Sparrow's incredible Stanislaw Lem adaptation 1 (review)
The Mo Brothers Indonesian slasher Macabre (review)
Atm (get it?) horror-comedy The Human Centipede (review)
Full list after the break.
Opening Film
[Rec]2. Paco Plaza and Jaume Balagueró. 2009.
Official FANTÀSTIC In Competition Section
Accident. Soi Cheang. 2009.
Accidents Happen. Andrew Lancaster. 2009.
The Children. Tom Shankland. 2008.
Cold Souls. Sophie Bartes. 2009.
The Countess. Julie Delpy. 2009.
Les Derniers Jours Du Monde. Jean-Marie and Arnaud Larrieu. 2009.
Dogtooth (Kynodontas). Yorgos Lanthimos. 2009.
Dorian Gray. Oliver Parker. 2009.
Enter The Void. Gaspar Noé. 2009.
Grace. Paul Solet. 2009.
Heartless. Philip Ridley. 2009.
Hierro. Gabe Ibáñez. 2009.
La Horde. Yannick Dahan and Benjamin Rocher. »
Review: Ponyo
9 September 2009 1:14 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
Adam reviews the latest animated film from Hayao Miyazaki.
Ponyo is the latest animated effort from the legendary Hayao Miyazaki, the gifted storyteller behind Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, and My Neighbor Totoro.
Ponyo is the tale of a friendship between a boy and a goldfish who longs to be human. Through a magical set of circumstances, Ponyo may just get her wish.
Ponyo is positively gorgeous to look at, and adding to its awe inspiring grandeur is the fact that it was all hand drawn. That's right. In this day and age of computer generated animation, Miyazaki still prefers the old school approach. The underwater vistas and numerous shots of waves crashing on the beach are simply astonishing.In terms of story, Ponyo is quite often more strange than it is magical. While it certainly has elements of Disney favorites such as Finding Nemo, The Little Mermaid, and Pinocchio, tonally speaking, »
- Paul
‘Ponyo’ - The “Ticket Stubs Review”
31 August 2009 1:15 PM, PDT | MovieSet.com | See recent MovieSet.com news »
By Austin Lugar
for MovieSet.com
Hayao Miyazaki is truly a director unlike any other. His ability to create his own unique magical world is a feat worth remarking on. ‘Ponyo‘ is his tenth feature film and it is now one of my favorite along with ‘My Neighbor Totoro’ and ‘Spirited Away.’
For in his latest cinematic beauty, he throws the audience in right away with practically no introduction to the magical surroundings. Much like Wall-e, Miyazaki has a long wondrous stretch of story without any traditional dialog. It opens with a wizard fish man (Voiced by Liam Neeson) and a large school of goldfish, the largest fish being Ponyo. Ponyo breaks away from her father/wizard and ends up close to the shore where she meets a young human named Sosuke (Voiced by Frankie Jonas, the real fourth Jonas Brothers. Sorry, eight-year-olds I’ve lied to. »
- Austin Lugar
'Ponyo'
24 August 2009 9:00 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Decades before Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth won the Oscar for best documentary, Hayao Miyazaki was drawing attention to the earth’s plight with his animated films, such as Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind and My Neighbor Totoro. With Ponyo, the veteran director continues making environmentally conscious, visually audacious films for children and adults alike. Ponyo is Miyazaki’s loose adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s "The Little Mermaid", but the result is nothing like the 1989 Disney film in either plot or mood. The story has darker moments that could have appeared in Andersen’s fairy tales, but it never loses its sense of awe and glee.
Voiced by Miley Cyrus’s younger sister, Noah, Ponyo is a curious, strangely powerful goldfish who is threatened by a human fisherman’s net. The web dredges up an ocean of trash, and young Ponyo is forced into a jar, »
Ponyo (review)
24 August 2009 9:45 AM, PDT | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »
Oh dear. What’s happened to Hayao Miyazaki, the master of beautiful, poignant, deeply weird and profoundly philosophical Japanese animation? Has he lost his touch? Is the magic gone? Or did I lose something essential for enjoying Miyazaki between, oh, 2001’s Spirited Away -- one of the most wonderful movies I’ve ever seen -- and Ponyo? But no, I couldn’t get too excited about 2004’s Howl’s Moving Castle, either... And I got very excited indeed about 1988’s My Neighbor Totoro -- another of the most wonderful movies I’ve ever seen -- and I only saw that for the first time after I saw Howl. So it’s Miyazaki then. Not me. Though I’m not sure that makes me feel any better. Known as Gake no ue no Ponyo (Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea) in Japan, where it was a huge hit, Ponyo bears, »
- MaryAnn Johanson
Win Preview Tickets to Miyazaki's Ponyo in Sydney
16 August 2009 12:16 PM, PDT | Rotten Tomatoes | See recent Rotten Tomatoes news »
No one's more highly regarded in the world of animation than Japan's Hayao Miyazaki, the director behind such classics as My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke (to name just a few). If you live in Sydney, here's your chance to see his latest masterpiece, Ponyo, a sweet childhood fantasy about a little fish who wants to become a human girl. We've got 15 double passes to give away to a special preview screening at the Dendy Cinemas in Newtown next Monday, August 24, at 6:30pm. »
Movie Review - 'Ponyo'
14 August 2009 4:24 PM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
Starring Noah Cyrus, Frankie Jonas, Liam Neeson, and cate Blanchett
Directed by Hayao Miyzaki
Rated G
Hayao Miyazaki’s latest animated film, Ponyo, lands on American shores with a kind of impurity that doesn’t exist in his earlier work distributed in the U.S., and it’s no fault of the movie’s revered creator. The Miyazaki films are released in the states by Disney; maybe you’ve heard of that company. But because it’s now a Disney product instead of merely the result of years of Miyazaki’s craftsmanship and his seemingly boundless visual imagination, two of the lead characters are voiced by Noah Cyrus and Frankie Jonas, both members of the famed Disney singing families.
It’s not that they aren’t competent enough for this kind of work, but their inclusion appears to be missing the point of Miyazaki’s entire career. He prides »
- Colin Boyd
Ponyo Review
14 August 2009 11:56 AM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
Hayao Miyazaki is an icon unto himself as a result of the body of animated masterpieces he’s come up with. From the cuddly cuteness of Totoro, to the beauty and terror of his imagination through Princess Mononoke, each film, though a bit different from the others, never ceases to amaze people worldwide. Gake no Ue no Ponyo, or what is better known as Ponyo (On the Cliff By the Sea) offers us a different sort of take on The Little Mermaid from which his own creative spin yields – again – great results. A sweet balance of innocence, fantasy and love combine within the world of Ponyo.
‘Ponyo, Ponyo, is a little fish child. From the blue sea is where she came from…’ These simple Japanese lyrics open up the plot of the fish girl called Ponyo (Noah Cyrus), who travels away from the ocean world and her sorcerer father (Liam Neeson »
- Melissa Molina
Film: Review:Ponyo
13 August 2009 12:05 PM, PDT | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »
When Disney released its take on Hans Christian Andersen’s short story “The Little Mermaid” back in 1989, some purists griped that in excising most of the story’s agony and tragedy, Disney lost the story’s heart. Those purists won’t be any more comfortable with Ponyo, another animated take on the story, this time from Japanese writer-director Hayao Miyazaki. It’s aimed at particularly young audiences—in the Miyazaki oeuvre, it’s much closer to My Neighbor Totoro than Spirited Away or Princess Mononoke—and it barely has conflict, let alone a sense of menace or threat. It ... »
Must Watch: Second Full Trailer for Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo
31 July 2009 3:42 PM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
Yet another full-length trailer for Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo has debuted today just two weeks before it finally hits Us theaters. I had the chance to see Ponyo recently and it is a truly wonderful film. It harkens back to Miyazaki's older, more kid-focused work, like My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service. I also had the chance to meet and interview Miyazaki, so stay tuned for that. Even though this is a very much a kids movie, adults can still enjoy it, especially if you're looking for something just to sit back and escape from reality with for a few hours. Anyway, check out this trailer and catch Ponyo in theaters soon. Enjoy! Watch the second full trailer for Hayao Miyazaki's Ponyo: You can also watch the second trailer for Ponyo in High Definition on Yahoo An animated adventure centered on a 5-year-old boy and his relationship »
- Alex Billington
Comic Con: John Lasseter And Hayao Miyazaki, Together At Last
24 July 2009 6:13 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Just by himself, John Lasseter is enough animation genius for one room. Moderating the Disney/Pixar animation panel this morning, Lasseter knew he was in complete control of the crowd-- "Time for a sound check. Is this shirt loud enough?" And while the crowd ate it up when he presented footage from Beauty and the Beast 3D, The Princess and the Frog and a teaser for Toy Story 3, the real gushing started when Hayao Miyazaki joined him on the stage. Miyazaki, the Japanese animation master behind My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle and his newest film Ponyo, is making his first trip to Comic Con, and the crowd reception may guarantee that it won't be his last. He received the biggest standing ovation I've seen yet, as thousands of American fans finally got to express, in person, how much his work has meant to them. Lasseter, who »
You're Trapped on a Desert Island. You Get Five Movies. What Five Do You Take?
22 July 2009 12:58 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Now where did I put my DVD player? There is a reason people who watch a lot of movies have a hard time telling you what their favorite movie is... It's Impossible! I know this is just a silly little article I have put together and it really doesn't mean much, but for some reason I take things like this seriously and this was the single hardest list I have had to put together. As a matter of fact I'm still not entirely confident it reflects what I may say should someone ever leave me stranded on a desert island and be caring enough to let me choose five movies to watch for the rest of my life (or at least until I rope myself a couple of sea turtles and escape on a raft). But can anyone ever be sure of such things when it comes to their favorite movies? »
- Brad Brevet
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