All articles by Alex Dudok de Wit
Drawing ahead: Suzuki Toshio on the future of Studio Ghibli
With Miyazaki Hayao working on a new feature, his son Goro set to release Earwig and the Witch, and big streaming deals on its back catalogue, Japan’s animation powerhouse Studio Ghibli is in rude health. Its co-founder and mastermind tells us how he has kept it relevant in a world of changing tastes.
By Alex Dudok de Wit
Away review: a lone animator on the open road
By Alex Dudok de Wit
Tick tick... boom: anime goes global
By Alex Dudok de Wit
Klaus review: cutting-edge festive animation with a cynical sting
By Alex Dudok de Wit
The Lion King review: Disney’s CGI remake is lifelike but listless
By Alex Dudok de Wit
Quick on the draw: the best animated shorts at Annecy Festival 2019
By Alex Dudok de Wit
Animated lives: five of the best features from Annecy Festival 2019
By Alex Dudok de Wit
Looping around limitations: the experimental shorts of Tezuka Osamu
By Alex Dudok de Wit
Dumbo review: Disney’s remake takes on dead weight
By Alex Dudok de Wit
The Lego Movie 2 review: this hyper-aware sequel builds a wall of irony
By Alex Dudok de Wit
Detainment review: a plea for wiser judgement
By Alex Dudok de Wit
Five of the best at the 2018 Manchester Animation Festival 2018
By Alex Dudok de Wit
Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2018: convening the vanguard of British cinema
By Alex Dudok de Wit
Peace, love… and Estonian madness at the Hiroshima Animation Festival 2018
By Alex Dudok de Wit
Takahata Isao obituary: Studio Ghibli’s quiet visionary of the real
By Alex Dudok de Wit
Sanctuary review: rejecting disability stereotypes and sermons
By Alex Dudok de Wit
The best indie animation of 2016
By Chris Robinson, Alex Dudok de Wit and others
Toons in the air: highlights of 2016’s Manchester and London animation festivals
By Alex Dudok de Wit
FiSahara: the world’s only film festival in a refugee camp
By Alex Dudok de Wit
The best indie animation of 2015
By Alex Dudok de Wit, Chris Robinson and others
Te Wei, founding father of Chinese animation
By Alex Dudok de Wit
Paris: animation capital of the world?
By Alex Dudok de Wit
Diego Luna on filming Abel – the Sight & Sound Young Journalism Competition interview
By Alex Dudok de Wit