French filmmaker Lucile Hadžhalilović ('Evolution,' 'Innocence') directs her first English-language feature in this twisted tale of frozen teeth and postwar malaise. By Jordan Mintzer With her third ...

Animation director Goro Miyazaki's latest feature is the 3DCG "Earwig and the Witch." (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times) “Earwig and the Witch” is about a young orphaned girl who is not afraid to ...

Rollo Tomasi is a Connecticut-based film critic, TV show critic, news, and editorial writer. He will have a MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University in 2025. Rollo has written over 700 film, ...

A young girl named Earwig grows up in 1990s England under the austere eye of two strangers without knowing she’s the daughter of a powerful witch in Earwig and the Witch, a meandering effort by ...

Like it or not, Studio Ghibli has finally embraced CG with the magical fantasy, “Earwig and the Witch” (GKids), directed by Goro Miyazaki (“From Up on Poppy Hill,” “Tales of Earthsea”), son of the ...

The film, directed by Ghibli scion Goro Miyazaki, joins 21 other titles Netflix has licensed from the fabled studio for international markets. By Patrick Brzeski Asia Bureau Chief Netflix has added to ...

Netflix has nabbed the rights to Studio Ghibli's Earwig and the Witch, and plans on releasing it through its platform outside of the US and Japan on November 18. Based on the novel of the same name by ...

In an interview with Japanese news outlet Jiji, Studio Ghibli director Goro Miyazaki described the difficulties the team faced while making Earwig and the Witch, the studio’s first foray into 3D ...

The latest trip down the rabbit hole by the French director Lucile Hadzihalilovic follows a young girl with teeth made of ice and her cadaverous caretaker. By Beatrice Loayza When you purchase a ...

Her personality alone sets her apart from a majority of the heroes depicted in the films from Studio Ghibli. But she’s also the central character of the acclaimed Japanese animation studio’s ...

Goro Miyazaki took inspiration from stop-motion and Laika puppets from "Kubo and the Two Strings" in cracking CG. “For Studio Ghibli, it’s important for us to constantly try new things, whether it ...