animation Josep 13th April 202113th April 2021 "Which ones were the animals? You have to wonder." ★★★★★ Aurélien Froment's French-Spanish-Belgian animated drama Josep (2020) recounts a dying gendarme's (French for 'police officer') friendship with Josep Bartolí, a…
animation When Marnie Was There 23rd February 202127th March 2021 "You're my precious secret" ★★★★ Studio Ghibli's 2014 anime drama When Marnie Was There (Japanese: 思い出のマーニー, Marnie of [my] Memories) was the production company's last project before its six-year hiatus,…
animation Arjun: The Warrior Prince 18th January 202113th March 2021 "You seek penance with a bow and arrow?" ★★★★ Arnab Chaudhuri's Indian animated action film Arjun: The Warrior Prince (2012), co-produced by UTV Moon Pictures and Walt Disney Pictures India,…
animation The Breadwinner 23rd December 202013th March 2021 "Raise your words, not your voice" ★★★★★ Nora Twomey's 2017 film The Breadwinner is an animation based on Deborah Ellis' 2000 novel of the same name. Taking on a war-ravaged…
animation The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales 11th November 202013th March 2021 "Let it blossom, let it flow. That's life." ★★★★★ Told in a quaint, almost Aesopian way, Benjamin Renner’s animated film The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales (French: Le Grand Méchant…
animation Blame! 30th October 202013th March 2021 "They say they will do what the humans say. That's a good thing, right?" ★★★★★ Hiroyuki Seshita's Japanese CGI anime Blame! (2017) is based on the ten-volume manga of the…
animation Princess Mononoke 10th June 202012th March 2021 "Cut off a wolf's head and it still has the power to bite" ★★★★★ A masterpiece that needs no introduction is this 1997 Japanese animated fantasy war film, written and…
animation Princes & Princesses 25th May 202012th March 2021 "Be brave" ★★★★★ In a world of well-known and well-advertised Disney, Ghibli and Pixar productions of action-packed plots, Michel Ocelot’s compilation film Princes et Princesses (2000) stands out as a…
animation Pachamama 12th May 202012th March 2021 "Mother Earth, the universe and all space and time" ★★★ Referencing the goddess revered by the indegenous peoples of the Andes, Juan Antin's animation film Pachamama (2018) follows young Tepulpai…
animation Sky Blue 9th May 202012th March 2021 "They call us diggers, and they treat us like dirt" ★★★★★ Kim Moon-saeng's South Korean animated dystopian film Sky Blue (alternative title: Wonderful Days) hurls us into the year 2142.…
