Daily Archives: December 12, 2023

Hand it to Warner Bros. for their approach to their favorite piece of Roald Dahl intellectual property. They didn’t just remake “Charlie” or “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.” They took a stab at giving us a back story about … Continue reading →

It was all supposed to be “utopian.” High-rise apartment towers, surrounded by trees — and other apartment towers — would provide affordable housing, convenience, population density that makes mass transit and other service deliveries “efficient” and could create instant “community.” … Continue reading →

Hayao Miyazaki, the great Japanese animator whose name is synonymous with the anime art form, told the world he was retiring with the 2013 film “The Wind Rises.” That’s a fascinating, mostly historical World War II story about the idealistic … Continue reading →