i understand and—to an extent—agree with her claim that songs don't need much time to get their points across, that you don't always need >4 minutes to...

finding where to critique nearly all the films Hayao Miyazaki has directed is difficult; they are so evidently filled with distinct artistic wonder and fantastical narratives, even if one of those two traits can be powerful enough in its best moments that it overshadows the other. this movie is the height of that...

there is little love lost in this game disappearing, in the wake of its replacement reaching ten months of public scrutiny. but at the same time, there's always going to be part of me that...

there's little that ties it down and makes it contemplative, which is exactly the point, i suppose. not that there aren't deeper, important messages; one that Binnie herself has mentioned as being a fault in Maria's character is of intellectualizing her struggles instead of finding an emotional reverberance with those around her...