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Scarlet review – a disappointing offering from an anime legend

by Callie Petch

Mamoru Hosada sings his typical notes atypically off-key in this ambitious but messy fantasy loosely inspired by Hamlet.

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2
In Retrospect
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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4
In Retrospect
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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3
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.