To celebrate the US premiere of Studio Ghibli's PRINCESS MONONOKE, directedby Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli retrospectives are being held throughoutthe United States. Most of the retrospectives will be showing all of StudioGhibli's films: NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (1984), LAPUTA, CASTLEIN 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 retrospectivesinclude Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC,September 12 - November 20; Museum of Modern Art, New York City, September16 - 26; Brattle Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, September 19 - October17; New York Film Festival, September 24 - October 10; UCLA Film andTelevision Archive, Los Angeles, September 30 - October 10; Art Instituteof Chicago, October 2; AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival, October21 - 29; Cleveland Cinematheque, Cleveland, Ohio, October 28 - 31; EgyptianTheater, Seattle, Washington, November 5 - 11; and the Berkeley PacificFilm Archive, Berkeley, California, November 13 - 28. For more informationvisit www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/films/festivals.html.
