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US trailer for the latest (and possibly last) Studio Ghibli film

Originally posted on Dark Matters :
When Marnie Was There hits US theaters next month https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-sixU3ZrXg

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Montreal International Animated Film Festival – lots to see in four days

Originally posted on Mostlymovies.ca:
108 Demon Kings is based on the classic Chinese novel The Water Margin. Montreal has dozens of film festivals, but it seems that there’s always room to squeeze in another one. The Montreal International Animation…

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Student Animated Homage to Hayao Miyazaki

Originally posted on Retrenders:
This animated-short Celles et Ceux des Cimes et Cieux (Girls & Guys from Summits & Skies) was made as a final project by Gwenn Germain.  No dialogue needed, just watch the visual animated treat. https://vimeo.com/124313553 Just…

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REVIEW – Shappi Khorsandi: Because I’m Shappi (The Lowry)

Originally posted on UPSTAGED MANCHESTER:
Date: 11 APRIL 2015 Upstaged Rating:  Shappi Khorsandi bounds on to the stage, sparkling like the sequinned trainers she wears and informs us that she is going to do her own warm-up – she quickly…

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Originally posted on Down by the Dougie:
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Miliband launches Labour Manifesto from ‘Corrie’

Originally posted on London Multimedia News:
Ed Miliband launches the Labour Party manifesto in Manchester. image: @Ed_Miliband Ed Miliband pledged to lead a Britain that ‘works for working people’ as he launched the Labour party’s election manifesto in Manchester, earlier…

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Cornelia Parker at the Whitworth

Originally posted on Down by the Dougie:
The main exhibition showing at the Whitworth following its reopening is a major retrospective of the work of Cheshire born artist Cornelia Parker. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, but was blown…

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Returning to Manchester: Sun, streets and photography (2)

Originally posted on Oblique Exposure:
I took rather a lot of photographs in my trip to Manchester so I decided to split them into two posts. As I mentioned in the last post, it was pleasing to see the popularity…

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Salford Central Station, New Bailey Street

Originally posted on Postcards from Manchester:
She sheds the jacket, glances at her reflection. Nervous, but pleased with what she sees. The April sun is unseasonably warm. It doesn’t always rain in Manchester. She has told him this a hundred…

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7 Futuristic floating cities that could save humanity

Originally posted on jpratt27:
Floating cities?may seem like utopian sci-fi, but autonomous ocean settlements could become reality as early as 2020, says?The Seasteading Institute. The forward-thinking organization recently launched the?Floating City Project—an architectural design contest that seeks innovative designs for…

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