Kristen Sinclair

The man himself (Source: Rolling Stone) When writing about Hayao Miyazaki and his films, you could really overuse the words ‘cute’ and ‘weird'.  Hayao Miyazaki may just be the cutest old man ever. And his films are just as cute! From the outright adorable (My Neighbor Totoro, Ponyo) to the downright bizarre (Spirited Away, Porco Rosso), one of Japan’s most famous directors has smashed box office records whilst producing some of the sweetest and weirdest shit you’ll ever watch. With Studio Ghibli he’s created tens of films from the mid-eighties right up until last year, and of Miyazaki’s movies, here are seven of his best, in my humble opinion: Spirited Away (2001) Source: thedissolve.com Spirited Away happens to be my favourite film of all time. I’ve watched it countless times since I was little and my undying love of this wonderfully far-fetched tale still remains. Translated from the Japanese ‘Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi’, it's something like the Ja...

When it comes to films, I’ve never really been one for happy endings. It’s just too satisfying when you know that everything works out in the end and you can just forget about it, safe in the knowledge that the guy got the girl; the bad guy lost; they all lived happily ever after. I love a film that leaves you guessing, wondering long after you’ve left the cinema and brushed the popcorn off your clothes. I love a film with an ambiguous ending that’s open to endless interpretations, where there’s no definite answer and it’s all left to the viewer to decide what happens and how they want to story to end. Or perhaps not how they’d like it to end, but how they think it ends. A film like that will open discussion and linger on your mind even when you’ve forgotten the predictable finale of Endless Love . My Own Private Idaho: "This road will never end. It probably goes all around the world." An unclear film ending differs from a plot twist. Sure, unexpected twists are gr...