Latest reviews

October

The last few uploads, sorted by the date they were written.

• “In the Hands of the Prophets” (1993 episode)
• The Mitchells vs the Machines (2021)
• “Louis Theroux: The City Addicted to Crystal Meth” (2009)
• America After 9/11 (2021 entry)
• Länge leve demokratin (2021)
• The Great Gatsby (1925)
• “The Homecoming” (1993 episode)
• “The Circle” (1993 episode)
• “Raising a School Shooter” (2021)
• Il Postino: The Postman (1994)
• “The Siege” (1993 episode)
• “The Perfectionists” (1960) Latest
• God Emperor of Dune (1981) Latest
• “Playing Nice with God’s Bowling Ball” (2014) Latest

September

The preceding month, closed and complete.

• “Proposal for an Original Animated Short Titled ‘Mon Mon the Water Spider,’ for the Saturn Theater in the Ghibli Museum, Mitaka” (2004)
• “Proposal for ‘House Hunting’” (2004)
• “Proposal for ‘The Day I Bought a Star’” (2004)
• “Remark to the Staff of the Ghibli Museum at the Screening of ‘Mon Mon the Water Spider,’ ‘The Day I Bought a Star,’ and ‘House Hunting’” (2005)
• “A Man Who Lived Bravely, Confronting a Tough Reality” (2006)
• “Welcome to the Ghibli Forest Short Film ‘House Hunting’” (2006)
• “Welcome to the Ghibli Forest Short Film ‘Mon Mon the Water Spider’” (2006)
• “Welcome to the Ghibli Forest Short Film ‘The Day I Bought a Star’” (2006)
• “Worlds of Insects, Trees and Humans: A Dialogue with Takeshi Yōrō” (2006)
• “Feeling Responsible for the Future of Children and Not Wanting to Make Halfhearted Films” (2006)
• “Memories of Lost Landscapes: On Genzaburō Yoshino’s Kimitachi wa Dō Ikiruka” (2006)
• “On Ponyo” (2006)
• “Snezhnaya Koroleva (The Snow Queen): A Film That Made Me Think Animation Was Worthy Work” (2007)
• “From the Anthill: An Introduction” (2006/2007)
• “House of Three Bears” (2007)
• “Memo on Music for Joe Hisaishi” (2007)
• “Words of Farewell” (2007)
• Turning Point: 1997–2008 (2008/2014)
• “Ett par dagar i november med Jan Troell” (2021)
• “Dax” (1993 episode)
• Zappa (2020)
• “Day Zero” (2021)
• “The Passenger” (1993 episode)
• “The End of the World” (2003)
• “The End of the World: Probably For Real This Time” (2018)
• “Thru the Mirror” (1936)
• “History of Japan” (2016)
• “History of the Entire World, I Guess” (2017)
• “Here Comes the Sun” (2021)
• “Move Along Home” (1993 episode)
• “The Nagus” (1993 episode)
• The Lighthouse (2019)
• Let’s Make a Mug Too (2021)
• “Vortex” (1993 episode)
• Dune (2021)
• “Battle Lines” (1993 episode)
• “Progress” (1993 episode)
• “The Storyteller” (1993 episode)
• Cryptonomicon (1999)
• “On Thin Ice” (2020)
• “If Wishes Were Horses” (1993 episode)
• Japan Sinks (1973, contains 4)
• “The Forsaken” (1993 episode)
• “Canvas” (2020)
• The Road (2006)
• “Dramatis Personae” (1993 episode)
• “Mono no Aware” (2012/2013)
• “Duet” (1993 episode)