I saw this directly after Warm Bodies on the Imagine film festival in Amsterdam and on a thematic level this film works surprisingly well as a sequel: Warm Bodies explores the idea of a human bonding with an 'other' being and the social acceptance thereof, while Wolf Children shows what consequences and domesticated conflicts can follow from that.

The animation is astonishing, with a great amount of detail to admire in every single shot and a wonderful general art style.…

Together with 2001: A Space Odyssey this is my favourite movie of all time. As a consequence I find it hard to put into words just how special it is on so many fronts. Not only do the sprawling storytelling and sense of scale put most other epics to shame, the uncompromised way the movie explores Lawrence's extraordinarily complex character is unparalleled for such a large production. The lush and wondrous imagery not only provides a jaw dropping setting but…