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Mill Valley Film Festival 39, Weekend 1

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Once again this year, the Mill Valley Film Festival got off to a splashy, star-heavy start, with west coast premieres of Arrival and La La Land attended by their respective stars Amy Adams and Emma Stone.  My noble colleagues in the San Francisco Film Critics Circle even hobnobbed […]

“When Marnie Was There” Movie Review by Daniel Barnes

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When Marnie Was There (2015; Hiromasa Yonebayashi) GRADE: B+ By Daniel Barnes Hand-drawn animation stalwarts Studio Ghibli shut down production late August following the retirement of guiding light Hiyao Miyazaki.  Therefore, When Marnie Was There may be the last feature film we see under the Ghibli label in […]