In this issue: anime auteur Shinkai Makoto on Suzume, an A to Z of contemporary anime, the cinematic history of Dracula, a trip to the movies with Dario Argento, Albert Serra on Pacifiction, Mia Hansen-Løve on One Fine Morning, Black Film Bulletin and more!
After super-sized anime smash hits Your Name and Weathering with You,Shinkai Makoto returns with Suzume, described by Nick Bradshaw in our cover feature as “another signature Shinkai blockbuster: opulent, openhearted, mixing contemporary realism with supernatural fantasy and folklore as it follows its eponymous teen heroine through literally earthshaking peril in the shadow of geological disaster.” To celebrate, we pair a conversation with the director (and accompanying exclusive concept artworks) with an A to Z of contemporary anime.
Elsewhere within this issue are a look back through Dracula’s cinematic past, a new issue of the Black Film Bulletin, interviews with Dario Argento, Mia Hansen-Løve,Pacifiction director Albert Serra and Rye Lane director Raine Allen-Miller. Plus all of the latest news from festivals, reviews of new releases, new Talkies columnists and much more.
