Topic: Hayao Miyazaki

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Top Picks: Paul Rishell's old country blues, a new novel on the Tudors, and more

Ronald Reagan offers advice for all bridegrooms, PBS airs the documentary about soldiers on the battlefield and at home, 'Hell and Back Again,' and more top picks.
Xi Jinping film deals: Search for a Walt Disney of China?

Vice President Xi Jinping announces two film deals that offer Hollywood more access to China and set up a Chinese joint venture with DreamWorks to boost China's push into animation.
Disney's 'The Secret World of Arrietty': movie review (+trailer)

'The Secret World of Arrietty' is a supernal coming-of-age story. The movie's hushed mystery and lyricism casts a hypnotizing spell.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: movie review

Eight films and $2 billion later, a poignant send-off for 'the boy who lived.'
Chapter & Verse
In appreciation of Diana Wynne Jones

Diana Wynne Jones wrote about a young wizard at a magical academy 20 years before J.K. Rowling picked up the same topic.
A Town Called Panic: movie review

This Belgian gem, 'A Town Called Panic,' is not just for children.
Ten best movies of the decade

The best of the decade include foreign fare and some American classics such as ‘Sideways’ and ‘No Country for Old Men.’
Ten best films of 2009

Uncovering some gems in an uneven year at the movies.
Review: 'Where the Wild Things Are'

Max's imagination lets loose in this engrossing tale based on Maurice Sendak's children's classic.
Review: 'Ponyo'

Japanese animator Miyazaki's latest film is a captivating tale of a tiny fish who jumps out of the ocean to see the world.
Review: 'Up'

Pixar's latest is the gracefully told story of a retired widower and his young stowaway who venture in the wilds of South America.
All-you-can-eat entertainment, all for the cost of an Internet connection

Column: Forget the movie theater. Forget cable. Your computer has all the movies and shows you need.
A Depression-era tale of privilege and poverty

Russell Banks's latest novel explores class structure within a closed Adirondack community.
'Persepolis' peeks behind the veil

'Persepolis' tells the story of an Iranian girl caught between two warring cultures.