In the Western world, animation is often seen as a medium for children. This is largely thanks to companies like Disney or Pixar. Even if the films have deep messages, such as Pixar’s “Soul”...

  Going on almost 50 years, the Utah Arts Festival hit it off on the town last weekend. Full of vibrancy, variety and personality, the weekend was well worth the heat. Utah Arts Festival was sure...

  As seasons change and the weather gets warmer, the air buzzes with the feeling of summer. This past week, Studio Ghibli Fest screened “The Secret World of Arrietty,” a film that captures...

  In the early 1980s, Hayao Miyazaki’s manga “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind” was serialized in Tokuma Shoten’s Animage magazine. Miyazaki later adapted his manga into a film and laid...

  Ron Howard’s “Jim Henson: Idea Man” is a visually stunning exploration of a life that redefined entertainment. The documentary is a tribute to Jim Henson, a puppeteer who brought us iconic...

  Gittins Gallery is displaying “Reclaiming Eden” and “Woven Worlds,” the work of Master of Fine Arts students Sydney Porter Williams and Jes Booth. Both artists have created exhibits that...

  Each year on the first Monday in May, fans all around the world eagerly await the “Superbowl of Fashion” to grace their screens. The Met Gala has become a wondrous exhibit of fashion and...

  The essence of childhood boils down to wonder, awe and imagination. We all have memories of imagining new worlds, separate from the mundane. Many films attempt to reproduce this feeling, this...

  This spring marks the start of this year’s Studio Ghibli Fest. After Hayao Miyazaki’s latest masterpiece, “The Boy and the Heron,” was released last year, this event honors the animation...

  Jungkyum Yang is a junior at the University of Utah’s Asia Campus in Incheon, South Korea. “Forrest Gump" stands as my favorite movie,” Yang said. “It showcases the significant...