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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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A Tale of Two Space Cowboys

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Love Spike and hate Andy? We got bad news for you, pardner…they’re basically the same person.

40 Years Later, Gundam Has the Universe

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The franchise’s anti-war argument for the future is still potent.

Eric Hasn’t Watched ‘Twin Peaks’ or ‘Lonesome Dove’ So He Can Shove It

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A rebuttal in quotes from these two seminal series.

Words That We Didn’t Write

By The Dot and Line

We wrote a lot of words on the Dot and Line. But it could have been so much worse. We could have written these.

The Dot and Line’s Best Writing of 2017

By The Dot and Line

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The Touching Thing You May Have Missed in the ‘Bojack’ Season Premiere Opening Credits

By Nicole Ortiz

This is a sweet tribute.

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

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

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