Film Review: Black Dog – A poignant tale of redemption and resilience

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Last Updated on 19 August 2024

ranjeetpanesar

On Wednesday, 7th August, London Mums Magazine had the privilege of attending a screening of Black Dog at Soho Screening Rooms. This remarkable film has garnered significant attention, being the first Chinese-language film to win an award in the Un Certain Regard category and the only Chinese-language film to receive an accolade at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

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Film review: My Neighbour Totoro – in cinemas again over summer

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Last Updated on 09 August 2024

Madeleine

Totoro on the big screen, a perfect outing for a rainy day. The animé Titan Hayao Miyazaki has produced dozens of big hitters, but Totoro is often considered his greatest. Totoro has the cult status of Winnie-the-Pooh here.

A common theme in his movies is a childish sense of awe at the majesty of nature and the importance of respecting it. He expresses nostalgia for a pre-industrial 1950s Japan, of un-butchered mountains and pristine paddy valleys, when man was more at one with nature. In the wildernesses, magical creatures could live in peace, such as Totoro and his kind; shy, lazy, furry, blobby mammals who fly and have the power to make things grow supernaturally fast. The story is the growing involvement between the two worlds, through the adventures and misadventures of two sisters, where the Human world is shown to be in urgent need of the Magic.

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