Tag: Venice Film Festival
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The Age Of Sail
A beautiful short film about sailing and the switch to steam, it was shortlisted for an Oscar and in the Venice Film Festival Selection, and I can see why. (via Adventures of the Black Gang) Here’s the blurb: Set on the open ocean in 1900, Age of Sail is the story of William Avery (voiced…
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Hayao Miyazaki retires
The man who has guided most of my waking dreams in the last 10 or so years is sadly retiring. Thank you Hayao Miyazaki, I owe you so much…a whole world of wonder, Ponyo which expressed childlike wonder of small toddlers like no other film, Totoro and Spirited Away which took you into the spirit…