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Cottontail review: how a man’s journey through grief mirrors our search for peace – by an expert in death and grieving

Cottontail (コットンテール), a newly released Japanese film, tells the touching and relatable story of Kenzaburo (Ken), a man in his late middle age grieving the loss of his wife, Akiko, after a long illness. To honour her dying wish, he embarks on a journey to take her ashes to the…

The Conversation · Feb 18, 2025

Scottish zoo welcomes adorable Pallas’s cat as part of breeding programme

A SCOTTISH zoo has welcomed an adorable Pallas's cat as part of a European breeding programme ...

The National (Scotland) · Oct 8, 2024

Godzilla Minus One review – rageful monster is one of the best in the series

Director Takashi Yamazaki sets his destroyer of worlds against a postwar Japan still recovering from the effects of the A-bomb with the little people left to work out how to save themselves

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2023