Daniella Mazzio

1 week ago | autostraddle.com | Daniella Mazzio

One of my favorite movies as a kid — and my entrypoint to Studio Ghibli and the wistful worlds of Hayao Miyazaki — was Kiki’s Delivery Service. Even amongst a collection of nearly every Disney animated title, it was Kiki’s VHS clamshell that received some of the highest use.

1 month ago | indiewire.com | Daniella Mazzio

In 2023, Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio” won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature — the Mexican-born filmmaker’s third Academy Award since first winning in 2018 for “The Shape of Water.” As del Toro held this statue once more, a reporter asked him what the award would say if it had Pinocchio’s speech ability.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Daniella Mazzio

In 2023, Guillermo del Toro’s “Pinocchio” won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature — the Mexican-born filmmaker’s third Academy Award since first winning in 2018 for “The Shape of Water.” As del Toro held this statue once more, a reporter asked him what the award would say if it had Pinocchio’s speech ability.

Dec 27, 2024 | autostraddle.com | Daniella Mazzio

The film releases of recent years telegraph an interest within the industry to return to its theatrical roots — or at least a belief that there’s money to be made by turning to Broadway for inspiration. The latter impulse is proving itself to be true, with Wicked grossing over half a billion dollars worldwide in under four weeks.

Dec 23, 2024 | chicagoreader.com | Daniella Mazzio

Five years after Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz debuted their sleeper hit The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019), the directing duo’s sophomore feature Los Frikis continues their interest in empathetic stories at the intersection of misunderstood subcultures and the systems that try to hold them down.