Above: "My Neighbor Totoro" opens Studio Ghibli Fest 2023. (Photo/Fathom Events)

One of the most popular concepts that came out of the new-age movement was the invitation to “embrace your inner child.”

If you don’t know what that means, Hayao Miyazaki can school you. His 1988 film “My Neighbor Totoro” will be lesson No. 1.

The film, which kicks off the Studio Ghibli Fest 2023, features the adventures of a pair of young girls (ages 10 and 4) who encounter and befriend a band of forest spirits.

The film, which is celebrating its 35th anniversary, will screen Sunday through Wednesday at three different Regal Cinemas theaters: NorthTown Mall, Spokane Valley and Coeur d’Alene’s Riverstone Stadium.

Saturday’s subtitled screening begins at 3 p.m., Sunday’s dubbed-into-English screenings will begin at 4 and 7 p.m., Monday’s dubbed screening begins at 7 p.m., Tuesday’s subtitled screening begins at 7 p.m. and Wednesday’s dubbed screening begins at 7 p.m.

Note: "My Neighbor "Totoro" will also screen at AMC River Park Square Sunday through Wednesday.

Critic James Berardinelli wrote, “Even the most amazing of the great Pixar films could be tagged with the label of ‘antiseptic.’ No one would use that for Totoro, which, especially if seen under optimum conditions, astounds with its vibrancy.”

The late Seattle Times critic John Hartl wrote, “Miyazaki's appreciation of miraculous possibilities and childhood visions is what drives ‘Totoro.’”

And we’ll let Charlotte O’Sullivan of the London Evening Standard have the final word. “Not as complex or tense as ‘Spirited Away’ (Hayao Miyazaki's masterpiece, released 13 years later),” she wrote. “Still, few things are.”

That’s for sure. Now excuse me. I’m gonna go and spend some time with my inner child.