WILDWOOD: Surprise surprise, Laika’s latest stop-motion wonder is breathtaking. It's a stunning triumph of animation & art itself in which the tonal darkness has only grown on me. If CORALINE was their SPIRITED AWAY, this is their PRINCESS MONONOKE. My review @seattletimes below.
My first dispatch covering the opening weekend of Chicago International Film Festival is now out! Some extended thoughts on ALL OF A SUDDEN and ROSE, and some brief notes on POSSIBLE LOVE, CLUB KID, WILD HORSE NINE, and more:
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They’re really making me defend Whalefall on the TL but the movie (and book even more so) does the exact opposite of monsterizing the whale but also like, come on lol
Setting aside the offensively stupid premise, there is something about the spirit of this plot — clinging to the monsterization of profoundly intelligent, social creatures that we feared for centuries and massacred in wanton ignorance — that is uniquely corrosive and hateworthy.
Excited to finally share my latest: for @Chicago_Reader, I profiled the Chicago physical media scene, speaking with nearly 2 dozen collectors of Blu-rays, DVDs, VHS, vinyl records, CDs, and video games, as well as multiple vendors, about the hobby/passion
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