Contributor Kambole Campbell

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A new online anime festival promises to broaden horizons

by Kambole Campbell

Screen Anime will allow fans to discover more of Japan’s animation output, offering a wide range of films new and old.
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Not Movies

Podcasts become strange adventures in The Midnight Gospel

by Kambole Campbell

The new show from the makers of Adventure Time filters personal experiences through psychedelic animation.
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Review

Color Out of Space

by Kambole Campbell

Nicolas Cage encounters an unholy cosmic terror in director Richard Stanley’s HP Lovecraft adaptation.

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Anticipation
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In Retrospect
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In Praise Of

Only Yesterday is a masterful reflection on youth’s impermanence

by Kambole Campbell

With the release of Studio Ghibli’s back catalogue on Netflix, we look back at one of their unsung greats.
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Review

Weathering with You

by Kambole Campbell

Your Name director Makoto Shinkai returns with a riveting fantasy romance backdropped by environmental ruin.

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In Retrospect
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Not Movies

The Witcher review – An entertaining romp through bleak high fantasy

by Kambole Campbell

Netflix’s Andrej Sapowski adaptation is playful, violent, and enamoured with Henry Cavill’s chest.
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Review

Promare

by Kambole Campbell

Pyrokinetic mutants, shirtless firefighters and eco-fascists collide in the first feature film from Studio Trigger.

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Anticipation
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4
In Retrospect
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Review

Klaus

by Kambole Campbell

Netflix’s first animated feature production is a gorgeous looking festive heart-warmer.

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3
In Retrospect
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Gemini Man, duplicates and crises of masculinity

by Kambole Campbell

Ang Lee’s sci-fi thriller explores male intimacy and dependency through a time-honoured trope.
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Review

Beanpole

by Kambole Campbell

Kantemir Balagov’s beautiful drama depicts the lasting wounds left by war, both physical and psychological.

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In Retrospect

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