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Do you want to be a Feminist? Frozen (2013)

Hailed as “the best Disney Film since The Lion King,” grossing almost $380 million to date at the USA box office, and winner of two Academy Awards, the studio’s 2013 release Frozen is also one of its most controversial animated features. The heated debate that launched a rather impressive number of blog entries over the […]

Metamorphosis and Identity: Psychoanalytical Notes to Miyazaki’s Spirited Away and Howl’s Moving Castle

Far greater liberties can be taken by animation than by live-action films The possibilities of the narratives are enriched by unrestricted visual images that offer unique means of exploring and portraying states of desire, conscious and unconscious realities, as well as different layers of relationships and experiences. This leads to a fusion of the traditional […]