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"Why do fireflies have to die so soon?" One of the saddest films ever is getting a proper streaming release on Netflix this fall. Grave of the Fireflies is one of the masterpieces directed by the late Japanese animation master Isao Takahata. It never got a US theatrical release in 1988 when it initially opened, but it has since become a cult classic, known by all who love & appreciation animation. Based on Akiyuki Nosaka's Naoki Prize-winning short story, Grave of the Fireflies is set in Kobe near the end of World War II and depicts the tragic fate of war orphan siblings and the horrors of this period. It was made by Studio Ghibli and released by Toho, though it was also the same year as My Neighbor Totoro, which is why it never achieved the same amount of fame. Written and directed by Takahata, the film stars Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, and Akemi Yamaguchi. It's an amazingly beautiful film, but yes, it is also regarded as one of the saddest films ever made because it is ...

"I had no idea what I was doing... But I knew it was gonna be about money and death." HBO has revealed a trailer for 2-part documentary film called Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos, a fascinating look back at the making of the iconic HBO show. This is set to premiere streaming on Max and on HBO in September this fall. "The man behind the cultural phenomenon." In Wise Guy, The Sopranos creator David Chase offers a unique look into his work on the hit series. From his own upbringing in an Italian American family in north New Jersey, with a complicated mother and a fascination with cinema, Chase details his entrée into Hollywood, where he wrote for a multitude of television shows, and his relationship with HBO as he pitched and developed his anti-hero mobster Tony Soprano. With candor and self-reflection, Chase digs into the challenges of running a successful show, the inevitable "deaths" of some of the fave characters, and his creative working relationship with the late James Gandolfini. This new HBO doc event takes us ...