“Food has a lot to do with memories and things to do with the past. It’s a conversation piece” -my dad

i cook the same way my mum does, more or less. of course — her hands are faster, defter; sure in the easy confidence of a lifetime of handling knives and sizzling oil.

Castle In The Sky follows the journey of a young girl, Sheeta, who meets a fellow orphan boy Pazu, as she escapes her military captors. Together, they run from military forces and a clan of pirates, the Dola clan, who both seek the magic crystal in Sheeta’s possession -- the former for...

Cute romance films are a dime a dozen, but no one portrays the pure-heartedness of love like Studio Ghibli. Written by Hayao Miyazaki and directed by his son, Goro Miyazaki, From Up on Poppy Hill is one of the best examples this. Although neither extravagant nor groundbreaking, the movie is...

I have watched Howl’s Moving Castle twice in the last few months. The first time I saw it was in the fall, in the AMC movie theater with the comfy chairs and popcorn. It was my first time in a theater since the pandemic, so there was an added level of specialness to the experience....

Hayao Miyazaki is best known for his whimsical animations such as Ponyo and My Neighbor Totoro, but one of his most underrated films has to be The Cat Returns. Supposed to be a pseudo-sequel of the movie Whisper of the Heart, The Cat Returns begins with a high school girl named Haru...

Sometime during these last few weeks, I decided to watch the movie “Peninsula”, the sequel to the internationally-acclaimed “Train to Busan,” the highest grossing South Korean film of 2016. “Train to Busan” introduced a beautiful zombie story with heartful characters, strong social criticism...