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Studio Ghibli’s Movies Are the Goldilocks of Climate Change Critiques

December 11, 2019December 30, 2019 Isabel GalweyComments Off

While the Japanese studio’s films don’t sugarcoat the conflicts between humanity and nature, they don’t oversimplify it, either.

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Twenty Years Later, ‘Princess Mononoke’ Is More Eerily Relevant Than Ever

December 10, 2019December 30, 2019 Rebecca LongComments Off

The year that marked the Miyazaki classic’s two-decade anniversary was rife with oil spills and California fires. Can the movie’s lessons save us from ourselves?

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Studio Ghibli’s Movies Are the Goldilocks of Climate Change Critiques

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