Film… The Wind in the Wings: Burnout, Belief, and Kiki’s Delivery Service (May-Azaki Review) 19 May 20264 May 2026 There is a restlessness that defines the beginning of Kiki’s Delivery Service. We meet thirteen-year-old Kiki lying in the grass, listening to a weather report on her father’s radio, and…
Film… The Architecture of Insecurity: Cleaning the Soul in Howl’s Moving Castle (May-Azaki Review) 12 May 20264 May 2026 Welcome back to May-Azaki, my month-long journey through the breathtaking and often heart-wrenching worlds of Studio Ghibli. Today, we’re stepping inside the clanking, magical gears of my second review: the…
Film… The Sky is a Lonely Place: A Study of Guilt and Grace in Porco Rosso (May-Azaki Review) 5 May 20264 May 2026 There is a specific kind of magic that happens every May; a shift in the light that feels nostalgic and expectant. To celebrate this season of transition, I am launching…
Film… Movie Review: Frankenstein 12 Apr 20268 Apr 2026 Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has haunted literature and cinema for two centuries, but Guillermo del Toro’s 2025 adaptation feels like a definitive statement. This is no stitched‑together monster movie. It’s a…
Film… Movie Review: Nuremberg 21 Mar 202615 Mar 2026 Few historical dramas carry the sheer gravity of Nuremberg. James Vanderbilt’s film tackles one of the most consequential trials in modern history, the prosecution of Nazi leaders after World War…
Film… Movie Review: Thunderbolts 14 Mar 20266 Mar 2026 Going into Thunderbolts, I’ll admit my expectations were modest. Marvel’s recent outings have felt uneven, and the idea of a team cobbled together from antiheroes and misfits seemed more like…
Film… Movie Review: Fantastic 4: First Steps 15 Feb 2026 Marvel’s long-awaited reboot of its “First Family” arrives with The Fantastic Four: First Steps, a film drenched in retro-futuristic 1960s aesthetic. Director Matt Shakman leans hard into the period design;…
Film… Movie Review: Sinners 14 Feb 20266 Feb 2026 Ryan Coogler’s Sinners is the kind of film that reminds you why cinema matters. Set in the Deep South of the 1930s, it’s a lavishly serious vampire blowout that doubles…
Blogging… When Did Not Liking Something Stop Being Enough? 25 Jan 202624 Jan 2026 There was a time when not liking something was just… ordinary. You’d watch a show, read a book, try a game, shrug, and move on. It didn’t require a statement…
Film… Movie Review: Megalopolis 24 Jan 202623 Jan 2026 Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis arrives with decades of anticipation behind it, a passion project finally brought to life. It’s a film that aims for grandeur, blending philosophy, spectacle, and operatic…
Film… Movie Review: Superman 11 Jan 20268 Jan 2026 Settling in to watch James Gunn’s Superman, I braced myself for the weight of expectation. This is a character whose cinematic history is crowded with origin stories, reboots, and reinventions,…
Film… Film Review: Civil War 14 Dec 202514 Dec 2025 Alex Garland’s 2024 film, Civil War, is not a comfortable film. It’s not meant to be. From its opening frames, it drags the audience into a near-future America fractured by…
