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A Greyhound of a Girl : Enzo D’Alo Portrays a Family Facing Impending Mortality

@Courtesy of GFM Animation  How can a little girl not love dogs? Even in Ireland, Mary O’Hara must surely have grown up with Snoopy and Clifford. Nonetheless, she inherited a fear of canines [perhaps unfairly] from her grandmother, Emer, along with her love of “cookery.” Both those inheritances skipped her mother Scarlett, who took on…

The Hazy Days of Art College 1994

©Courtesy of Dekanalog Like many young people, the Chinese art students in this film largely ignore politics. Very few of them could have conscious memories of the Cultural Revolution, unlike superstar Chinese artists Ai Weiwei, Cai Guo-Qiang, and Wang Guangyi. However, these artists-in-training consciously aspire to their level of success. They also hope to make…

Spy x Family Code: White / Review

© 2023 Crunchyroll LLC You could compare the anime Forger family to “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”—the Doug Liman movie more than the neurotic Donald Glover series. Loid Forger, a.k.a. Westalian secret agent “Twilight,” recruited Yor Briar to act as his pretend wife for a long-term mission. Just as she believes Twilight is a psychiatrist, he remains…

‘Snow White’ To Debut in March 2024 Amidst a Blizzard of Controversy

Disney’s long awaited live-action version of Snow White, directed by Marc Webb, is scheduled to hit the screens next March 22, some four score and seven years after the original animation was released in 1937. Rachel Zegler will star as Ms. White in the remake, while her nemesis, the Evil Queen, will be played by…