Tag Archives: Time Travel

Fantasy as Poetry, Fiction as Metaphor in Shinkai’s YOUR NAME

Posted on May 7, 2017 by Kamran Ahmed

Your Name is a heartfelt, modern love story with an intricately layered narrative spanning philosophy, mythology, romance, and teenage fantasy within a science fiction melodrama. It is a brilliant feature anime, and the best I have seen since Takahata’s The … Continue reading →

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Russian Ark (Sokurov, 2002)

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Kamran Ahmed

Sokurov’s Russian Ark (2002) is not merely an exercise in technique; with the single take that comprises it, Russian Ark, perhaps more than any other film, illustrates film’s capacity to convey the presence of time and space within reality through … Continue reading →

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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (Hosoda, 2006)

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Kamran Ahmed

Really sweet, interesting entertaining, and well made – Japanese animation is the best! There’s really nothing I disliked about this movie, but it’s not perfect. I always enjoy films that deal with some form of time traveling. This one isn’t … Continue reading →

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