ryan

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through a maelstrom || bylines: RollingStone, IGN, Empire Polygon, IndieWire, Skwigly, CartoonBrew, OkayPlayer, Animation Mag + more ||he/him || ryanggaur@live.co.uk

"The actual fantasy of the cosy, warm Ghibli movie is the fact that so many people are so kind." "I don’t want someone’s only interaction with me to completely poison their view of the world, and that applies for both physical and digital spaces."

ryan@ryangaur.bsky.social · 4d ago

With KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE back in UK cinemas, I wrote a little piece on my newsletter about one of its major lessons Give it a read! postmaelstrom.substack.com/p/kikis-deli...

Josh Brolin praises director Ridley Scott’s work on ‘THE DOG STARS’. “Great directors either lose it or they stay fresh like him at 88 years old. I don’t know how he’s doing what he’s doing or is as sharp as he is, and he challenges himself in playing with different genres.”

"What Kon captures so wonderfully is that, for those whose lives are dedicated to creating art, there is no separation. The pursuit of art is more engulfing than a job you attend between certain hours and have a clear division from, your life feeds your art and your art sustains your life."

ryan@ryangaur.bsky.social · last mo.

For its 25th anniversary, I wrote about MILLENNIUM ACTRESS on my newsletter I talk about the film’s perspective on film preservation and its message of keeping the past mysterious Give it a read! postmaelstrom.substack.com/p/millennium...