Contributor Kambole Campbell

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A new retrospective reveals the wonders of classic Chinese animation

by Kambole Campbell

The Wan brothers and Te Wei are among the pioneering artists featured in an online film season.
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Home Ents

Why Millennium Actress remains one of cinema’s greatest love letters

by Kambole Campbell

Media, memory and film history collide in Satoshi Kon’s time-bending story of a faded screen star.
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Review

Wolfwalkers

by Kambole Campbell

An ancient Irish folk tale is brought to life in wondrous hand-drawn animation courtesy of Cartoon Saloon.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Over the Moon

by Kambole Campbell

Long-serving Disney animator Glen Keane directs this visually inventive musical adventure.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Stylised illustrations of a young girl and a small creature sitting on a tree branch, surrounded by a round orange background with colourful patterns.
Festivals

Wolfwalkers – first-look review

by Kambole Campbell

The animation studio behind Song of the Sea and The Secret of Kells return with a spellbinding revisionist fable.
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Inside Satoshi Kon’s unfinished meta-nightmares

by Kambole Campbell

The anime master behind Paprika and Perfect Blue left behind several incomplete projects which could still be realised.
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Interviews

John David Washington: ‘I’m better acquainted with heights now’

by Kambole Campbell

The star of Christopher Nolan’s Tenet revels in the toil of making an experimental mega blockbuster.
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In Praise Of

Whisper of the Heart remains Studio Ghibli’s most moving outlier

by Kambole Campbell

The first and only film from Miyazaki protégé Yoshifumi Kondo stands among the studio’s best works.
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Home Ents

Discover this avant grade war drama 40 years in the making

by Kambole Campbell

Hausu director Nobuhiko Obayashi’s penultimate film, Hanagatami, is as surreal as it is moving.
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Festivals

What’s old is new again in Lupin III: The First

by Kambole Campbell

The classic Japanese manga series makes the jump from 2D to 3D, and makes it look easy.

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