Hayao Miyazaki’s Return with The Boy and the Heron: A Film of Loss, Legacy and Life
After a brief(!) retirement of a decade, Hayao Miyazaki’s highly anticipated return to filmmaking with The Boy and the Heron (originally titled How Do You Live?) marks a significant moment in cinema. Miyazaki’s first feature since The Wind Rises (2013),…
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