Last week, I got to check out the action fantasy anime feature Scarlet by Oscar nominee Mamoru Hosoda. I hadn’t seen his Oscar-nominated movie Mirai (2018) or Belle (2021), both produced by Studio Chizu, which Hosoda co-founded. It’s an ambitious animated feature that mixes 2D and 3D visuals, drawing inspiration from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. The plot follows a …
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FlixChatter Review: THE GLASSWORKER – Pakistan’s gorgeous, Ghibli-inspired first hand-drawn animated feature
I learned recently that Latvia’s Oscar-winning movie Flow wasn't the only animated movie sent to the Oscars last year. Pakistan also put forward an animated feature, marking the first from their country, as their official entry for the international feature film category. Interestingly, just like Flow, The Glassworker is also a debut feature, directed by …
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