Hayao Miyazaki Didn’t Lose a Step During His Temporary Retirement

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( TIFF 2023 [Hayao Miyazaki Didn’t Lose a Step During His Temporary Retirement]( His new film, The Boy and the Heron, is a reminder of all the qualities that have made the Studio Ghibli founder an animation legend. Photo: Courtesy of TIFF Everyone has their favorite Hayao [Miyazaki movie](, and mine is Porco Rosso, the 1992 adventures of a World War I flying ace turned bounty hunter with the face of a swine — a transformation that reflects how disillusioned he has become with humanity. Late in that film, Porco tells the story of his best friend’s death in a dogfight. Unable to save him, Porco flies up into the clouds and emerges into a still space above them, where he watches the planes of everyone who was shot down in the battle drift up to join a dense band of aircraft high in the sky — their earthly allegiances incidental in this aerial procession of the dead that Porco, who remains alive, is unable to join. That sequence is, for me, the best thing Studio Ghibli has ever produced, the beauty of aviation paired with the violence it visits upon people, all of it rendered in imagery that’s fantastical and inexpressibly sad. [read more]( The Latest TV Recaps • Billions: [I’ll Wait]( • The Changeling: [A Baby Is a Dream Made Real]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like [The Game Is Getting Messy and Festive Bad news, Taylor Swift, and Venice/Telluride/Toronto buzz are already impacting the Movies Fantasy League.]( By Joe Reid [Agnieszka Holland’s Green Border Is an Urgent Warning “The Holocaust was a vaccination for humanity, especially for Europe, against nationalism and racism. And now it’s evaporating.”]( By Rachel Handler [The Best Streaming Services for Every Kind of Sports Fan Whether you want to watch the NFL, Messi, or darts.]( By Dan Reilly [The 9 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend We’ll have the French zombies, s’il vous plaît!]( By James Grebey and Savannah Salazar [Philadelphia Eagles Fan Arrested on Way to Game He also happens to have the No. 1 song and album in the country.]( By Justin Curto [That AI Drake-Weeknd Song Won’t Be Winning Any Grammys But don’t blame AI.]( By Justin Curto [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Vulture Recommends]( We consume it all so you don’t have to. Photo-Illustration: Vulture “A lot has happened since my big fat Greek wedding,” says Nia Vardalos in the trailer for the third installment in what is now officially a cinematic franchise. In this one, Vardalos and her clan head to Greece for a family reunion in honor of her late father, Gus, played by Michael Constantine, who died in 2021. John Corbett, a man who truly knows his lane, is back again as another much-beloved love interest of the early aughts. —Rachel Handler [Read more from Vulture]( A newsletter of TV and movie recommendations. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [Get the Newsletter]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2023, All rights reserved