To celebrate the US premiere of Studio Ghibli's PRINCESS MONONOKE, directed
by Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli retrospectives are being held throughout
the United States. Most of the retrospectives will be showing all of Studio
Ghibli's films: NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (1984), LAPUTA, CASTLE
IN THE SKY (1986), GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (1988), MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO
(1988), KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE (1989), ONLY YESTERDAY (1991), PORCO ROSSO
(1992), POM POKO (1994), WHISPER OF THE HEART (1995), and PRINCESS MONONOKE
(1997). Theaters or organizations that will be hosting retrospectives
include Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC,
September 12 - November 20; Museum of Modern Art, New York City, September
16 - 26; Brattle Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, September 19 - October
17; New York Film Festival, September 24 - October 10; UCLA Film and
Television Archive, Los Angeles, September 30 - October 10; Art Institute
of Chicago, October 2; AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival, October
21 - 29; Cleveland Cinematheque, Cleveland, Ohio, October 28 - 31; Egyptian
Theater, Seattle, Washington, November 5 - 11; and the Berkeley Pacific
Film Archive, Berkeley, California, November 13 - 28. For more information
visit www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/films/festivals.html.