15
Howl’s Moving Castle
Fri, May 13 | 7:30pm | DGT
An adaptation of Diana Wynne Jones’s fantasy novel of the same name, the Oscar-nominated Howl's Moving Castle is a pitch-perfect fairy tale about aging and war, set in a dazzling steampunk world. When young hatmaker Sophie is transformed into a 90-year-old woman by the vengeful Witch of the Waste, she seeks to break the curse with the help of the enigmatic Howl, fire demon Calcifer, and the magical moving castle they inhabit.
DIRECTOR: Hayao Miyazaki.
WRITTEN BY: Hayao Miyazaki.
CAST: Chieko Baisho, Takuya Kimura, Akihiro Miwa, Tatsuya Gashuin. 2004. 119 min. Japan. Color. Japanese (subtitled). 35mm.
Ponyo
Fri, May 27 | 7:30pm | DGT
A delight for audiences of all ages, Ponyo focuses on the friendship between 5-year- old Sosuke and a magical goldfish named Brunhilde, the young daughter of a sorcerer father and a sea-goddess mother. After wandering away from her father’s four- flippered submarine, Brunhilde washes ashore and is discovered by curious Sosuke. Now renamed Ponyo, she yearns to be a real girl and join Sosuke’s family. Touching on classic Miyazaki themes about balance in nature and how friendships can blossom anywhere— even in the ocean’s depths— Ponyo is one of Miyazaki’s most charming features.
DIRECTOR: Hayao Miyazaki.
WRITTEN BY: Hayao Miyazaki.
CAST: Tomoko Yamaguchi, Kazushige Nagashima, Yuki Amami, George Tokoro. 2008. 101 min. Japan. Color. Japanese (subtitled). 35mm. New subtitled print courtesy of the Academy Film Archive, with special thanks to Studio Ghibli.
Powered by FlippingBook