Eye of the Duck

Time to dust off the Necronomicon! It’s spooky season so we’re returning to cinema’s greatest horror franchise. Hail to the king, baby!

Next week on 𝐄𝐘𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐊: Evil Dead Burn (2026) Dir. Sébastien Vaniček Before launching our body horror series, we’re covering some listener-demanded updates! First up tomorrow: something of a body horror itself, actually...

GIVEAWAY ALERT Next week, we’re reopening the Necronomicon to cover EVIL DEAD BURN — to mark the occasion, we’re giving away a free digital redemption code for the movie! To enter, just join our discord on the link below and follow the instructions in the giveaway channel!

Goodbye Ghibli! This week we’re saying a fond farewell to The Pig, The Sloth, The Heron, and, uh, The Earwig (?) Listen as we sort through our remaining thoughts about the Kingdom of Dreams and Madness, answer listener questions, and reveal what’s next for our podcast!

THE BOY AND THE HERON often plays like a greatest hits compilation of Hayao Miyazaki’s entire filmography — you can find a little piece of every movie he made in here Case in point: the Warawara and their forest-dwelling spiritual cousins, the Kodama in Princess Mononoke

We never expected that a movie called EARWIG AND THE WITCH would have so many… worms? This week, we’re trying to make sense of Goro Miyazaki’s bizarre, CG-animated film, and whether or not it deserves all the scorn

Open up those brain lids, listeners. It’s time to dive deeper than ever before. This week we go face-to-face with the Grand Uncle himself in THE BOY AND THE HERON!

Now I’m not saying I agree with what the guy does following this scene… but after breaking THREE of his rafts, I do understand the reaction

Next week on 𝐄𝐘𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐊: The Boy and the Heron (2023) Dir. Hayao Miyazaki Miyazaki has "retired" several times before, but the final entry in our Studio Ghibli series may very well prove to be the last feature film he ever makes — and it’s a stunning masterpiece

How dare another Japanese animation studio have an opening logo that’s just a character’s outline on a single color background?! This week we’re following Hirosama Yonebayashi away from Ghibli to his own collaborative, Studio Ponoc, for the very charming MARY AND THE WITCH’S FLOWER!

Never flip a turtle! There might be a beautiful woman inside it!! This week we venture beyond Japan to celebrate a European (?!) co-production with Studio Ghibli – THE RED TURTLE!

Next week on 𝐄𝐘𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐊: The Red Turtle (2016) Dir. Michael Dudok de Wit For the (semi-)bonus episode in our Studio Ghibli series, we’re covering their Oscar-nominated French co-production — a movie about a man, an island, and a turtle who won't let him leave

What else is there to say? It's simply one of the greatest films ever made

So when Marnie was there…she falls in love with her [redacted]?? Really??! This week to compliment our Ghibli series, over on After Hours we’re hitting another Hiromasa Yonebayashi fave – the very wistful WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE

Birds, bugs, beasts, grass, trees, AND flowers? All in a single film??! This week we take the leap of life with Isao Takahata and his final masterpiece – THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA.

Next week on 𝐄𝐘𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐊: The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) Dir. Isao Takahata Never has “every frame a painting” been more true than with Takahata’s final film — one of the greatest works of art in cinema history

“Airplanes are not tools for war. They are not for making money. Airplanes are beautiful dreams.”

[Bane voice]: The Wind Rises!! This week we fly with Jiro Hirokoshi and the mysterious Italian man of his dreams! It's Hayao Miyazaki's most personal film to date, featuring some of the most ravishing animation ever committed to film.