Look Back

Rivalry, so often depicted on screen as something malevolent, here is given its due respect as an essential motivating force for a developing artist.

In an era increasingly defined by destructive AI slop, this film delights in the act of creation.

...is the labor of the Tower of Babylon that reaches the heavens and, in Ted Chiang’s story, breaches the reservoir, revealing the shape of the world.

...about the endless toil of artistic creation.

...a love letter to anime lovers and creatives alike.