Following the passing of the Studio Ghibli co-founder, Joe Jeffreys revisits Isao Takahata’s The Tale of Princess Kaguya… Isao Takahata was one of the most seminal voices in the history of Japanese Animation. After co-founding the world-renowned Studio Ghibli with Hao Miyazaki in 1985, his work went onto include the devastating masterpiece Grave of the […]
FilmStruck: The start of something great?
Joe Jeffreys on FilmStruck… With the meteoric rise of online streaming over the past few years, you’d be forgiven for thinking the world’s entire DVD collection now resides in the world sharpest (and shiniest) landfill. For large swathes of public, film consumption is now solely confined to the use of either Amazon or Netflix, with […]