Posts Tagged ‘Hayao Miyazaki’
Movie of the Year: 2001 – Spirited Away
Movie of the Year: 2001 Spirited Away The Taste Buds swoon over 2001’s most visually stunning film, Spirited Away! Spirited Away is such a great movie you probably don’t need to hear us talk about it (Greg, try not to actively discourage people from listening to the show, when possible -Ed.), but just because you…
Read MoreMovie of the Year: 1997 – Princess Mononoke
Movie of the Year: 1997 Princess Mononoke The Taste Buds continue their journey through 1997 with Princess Mononoke! [to the tune of the Annie-are-you-OK part of Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal”] Princess Mononoke! Studio Ghibli is all up in the guts of this podcast. We’re brave enough to declare we love the cinema of one…
Read MoreMovie of the Year: 1988 – My Neighbor Totoro
Movie of the Year 1988: My Neighbor Totoro The Taste Buds are discussin’ yet another hard-hitting, pull-no-punches drama with 1988’s Oscar-worthy My Neighbor Totoro, the movie that taught us that horrible forest monsters can be cute if they are furry and go into fugue states in between baring their oddly human teeth and bellowing in…
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