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Review

The Colours Within review – hits with the power of a dodgeball

by Josh Slater-Williams

Ani­mé direc­tor Naoko Yama­da returns with a won­der­ful com­ing-of-ager set in a Catholic girls’ board­ing school.

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In Retrospect
Vibrant anime-style characters, including a woman with long red hair, a bearded older man in ornate robes, and a blonde man, seated in an ornate, dimly lit chamber.
Review

Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim review – not canon-level

by David Jenkins

This ani­mé-style jour­ney to Mid­dle Earth dials back on risk and charm to robust­ly tell a sim­ple tale of good ver­sus evil.

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In Retrospect
Not Movies

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off – leaving behind an unexpected reinvention

by Kambole Campbell

The tit­u­lar char­ac­ter goes his own way in a new ani­mé that builds on the exist­ing Scott Pil­grim canon, giv­ing the sup­port­ing cast a chance to step up.
Truth & Movies - A Little White Lies Podcast
Podcast

Passages + Ira Sachs | The First Slam Dunk | Jules and Jim (1962)

On Truth & Movies this week, a love tri­an­gle gets com­pli­cat­ed fast in Pas­sages and we spoke to it’s direc­tor Ira Sachs. Cel­e­brat­ed man­ga becomes cel­e­brat­ed ani­mé in The First Slam Dunk, and final­ly, for film club, we revis­it an ear­li­er love tri­an­gle in François Truffaut’s Jules and Jim.
A person gazing upwards in wonder, surrounded by a display of colourful, luminous orbs and bursts of light against a dark background.
In Praise Of

Speed Racer and the blockbuster sea change

by B.C. Wallin

The Wachowskis’ ani­mé-inspired action epic is a noto­ri­ous box office flop, but rep­re­sents a slid­ing doors moment in cin­e­mat­ic history.
Two people, a man in a light blue shirt and a woman in a pink blouse, standing against a dark wooden background.
Incoming

Scott Pilgrim is back in action, now in anime form

by Charles Bramesco

The cast of Edgar Wright’s film adap­ta­tion has reunit­ed for a Net­flix minis­eries about the mild-man­nered, ex-duel­ing Torontonian.
Elderly man with white hair and beard wearing sunglasses, sitting in a garden with a white cat on a table.
Incoming

Hayao Miyazaki’s new film How Do You Live? will come to cinemas in 2023

by Charles Bramesco

Japan­ese the­aters will get the ani­mé mas­ter’s lat­est in June.
Anime-style image of two young people standing in front of a large robot against an orange sky.
Events

Discover an anime treasure trove this spring at the BFI

by Kambole Campbell

As part of their Japan sea­son, the BFI presents a pro­gramme of new and clas­sic ani­ma­tion plus spe­cial events.
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Festivals

Bubble – first-look review

by Alicia Haddick

Despite boast­ing an inter­est­ing con­cept, ani­mé giant Tet­suro Araki’s first orig­i­nal fea­ture plays it a lit­tle too safe.
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Interviews

Céline Sciamma: ‘I would love for someone to make this film into an anime’

by Lillian Crawford

The French mae­stro on how she’s matured as a film­mak­er, and the secrets hid­den in her beguil­ing lat­est, Petite Maman.