In these old women, and many other elements of The Boy and the Heron – god, the pelicans and frogs and that heron, who seems to have a strange, strange man living inside his belly, they’re all ...

“The Boy and the Heron,” the latest animated film of legendary Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki, presents a formative lesson in dreaming of different possibilities, writes Noah Berlatsky.

“The Boy and the Heron” is split into two distinct parts: one centered in the real world and another of pure fantasy. ... Mahito is able to work through his trauma in a nonsensical world full of ...

There is a timeless quality to the unique beauty and style of “The Boy and the Heron,” rendered with the hand-drawn animation of Miyazaki and the artists at his Studio Ghibli.

“The Boy and the Heron” gives us the “warawaras,” ghost-like little white creatures that represent souls en route to Earth. We also meet the scary pelicans that like to eat them.

“The Boy and the Heron” immerses us in the kind of vivid, fiercely imagined fantasy world we’ve come to expect from Hayao Miyazaki: a ghostly waterworld populated by pirate ships, man-eating ...

The Boy and the Heron 2023, PG-13, 124 min. Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Voices by Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Takuya Kimura, Aimyon, Kô Shibasaki, Yoshino Kimura, Shohei Hino, Jun Kunimura.

Inspired in part by Miyazaki's own life, "The Boy and the Heron" follows 11-year-old Mahito Maki (Luca Padovan), a young boy growing up in early 1940s wartime Japan.

"The Boy and the Heron" English-language version makes Hayao Miyazaki's "last" film a devastatingly beautiful must-see event.

Experience Studio Ghibli’s 24th film and Hayao Miyazaki’s supposed final entry, "The Boy and the Heron," on streaming come September 6.

It looks like an Oscar photo-finish on Mar. 10 for best animated film between "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" and "The Boy and the Heron," the latest landmark from Japanese master Hayao ...