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31 May 2012 3:15 PM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – Fans of the legendary filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki and his magnificent Japanese animation studio, Studio Ghibli, have a cinematic treat in store this summer. The Chicago Film Critics Association has teamed up with the Gene Siskel Film Center at 164 N. State St. to present “Castles in the Sky”: a 15-part retrospective showcasing the studio’s best work to date.

HollywoodChicago.com’s own Patrick McDonald is one of seven Cfca members scheduled to lead post-film discussion at one of eight select screenings. Movie buffs eager to join in the discussion are welcome to attend the Japanese-language versions of Miyazaki’s “Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind,” “Kiki’s Delivery Service,” “Spirited Away” and “Princess Mononoke,” as well as the English-language versions of “My Neighbor Totoro,” “Howl’s Moving Castle” and “Ponyo.” Additional films included in the screening series are Isao Takahata’s “Only Yesterday,” “Pom Poko,” and “My Neighbors the Yamadas, »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

15 May 2012 8:21 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »

Features Voices Of Angelica Huston, Marcia Gay Harden, Matthew Modine & More

Independent animation distributor Gkids has announced that an English language version of the Academy Award-nominated "A Cat in Paris," will be released on American shores (in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego) on June 1st. Among the vocal cast assembled for this new version are Angelica Huston, Marcia Gay Harden, Matthew Modine and Steve Blum. This is being seen as the beginning of a wider platform release.

"A Cat in Paris," directed by Jean-Loup Felicioli and Alain Gagnol, was originally released in France back in 2010 and concerns a young girl whose cat helps her solve a mystery over the course of one atmosphere-heavy night. Last year it was nominated for Best Animated Feature, one of two foreign language animated films in a category usually dominated by Pixar and DreamWorks Animation. (The other foreign language film, "Chico and Rita, »

- Drew Taylor

17 April 2012 9:05 AM, PDT | Beyond Hollywood | See recent Beyond Hollywood news »

Screened at the 2012 Terracotta Far East Film Festival. “From Up on Poppy Hill” is the latest offering from legendary Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli, and is another in their line of nostalgia themed romances, following up on the likes of “Whisper of the Heart” and “Ocean Waves”. Interestingly, the film marks the return of Miyazaki Goro, his first since the disappointingly received fantasy “Tales from Earthsea” back in 2006, and sees him working and co-scripting with his father Miyazaki Hayao for the first time. Based on a manga by Sayama Tetsuro, the film features the voices of up and coming actress Nagasawa Masami (“I Wish”) and Okada Junichi of boy band V6 fame as the two leads. The film proved a huge success at the Japanese box office, ranking as the country’s highest grossing domestic hit of 2011, and also won Animation of the Year at the 35th Japan Academy Prize ceremony. »

- James Mudge

27 March 2012 9:47 AM, PDT | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »

If you enjoyed the slo-mo footage of gentoo penguins riding Southern Ocean waves in the first installment of Discovery’s Frozen Planet, then you will definitely want to watch our preview of this Sunday’s hour, “Winter,” below. Full-bellied female emperor penguins return to their colony — where the males have been caring for the eggs solo for three months — and launch themselves out of the water and up onto the ice like rockets. As narrator Alec Baldwin says, “The females have put on a lot of weight, and some have become, perhaps, a little ungainly.” Slo-mo makes one penguin’s miscalculation hilariously epic. »

- Mandi Bierly

10 January 2012 5:00 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

So-Cal Studio Ghibli fans jealous that New Yorkers got to see new prints of these classic animated films projected on the big screen won't have to wait long to get their turn. The Studio Ghibli Collection makes its way to Los Angeles, at both the Egyptian and Aero Theaters, from January 26-February 12. Fourteen films produced by Ghibli: Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984),Castle in the Sky (1986), My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), Only Yesterday (1991), The Ocean Waves (1993), Porco Rosso (1992), Pom Poko (1994), Whisper of the Heart (1995), Princess Mononoke (1997), My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999), Spirited Away (2001),The Cat Returns (2002) and Howl's Moving Castle (2004), will screen both in their original language with subtitles as well as dubbed Englis for younger audiences. Find out how to get tickets and more after the break. Links to tickets for the films can be found on the American Cinematheque website [1], which runs both the Egyptian and Aero. »

- Germain Lussier

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