“Papaye” By Geoffery Godet
Once upon a time, a cook tried to prepare a turtle for dinner. Papaye was directed by Geoffery Godet, his 4th year project at France’s …
Jerry Beck
Mickey iPhone
I like these cute new Mickey and Minnie cases for Apple’s iPhone 4 which come with extended mouse ears, feet and four-fingered gloved …
“Hey Arnold: The (live action) Movie”
Little over a year ago we posted an live action parody of Nickelodeon’s Doug. NYC Comedy trio, DrCoolSex, are back with another Nicktoon …
“On The Water” by Yi Zhao
Quite simple and quite effective. Fresh off the festival circuit this beautiful film, a metaphor of the life cycle, was the graduation …
“Pac Man: The Movie” by James Farr
If Hollywood were to take Pac Man seriously and produce a live action blockbuster movie of it – it would probably feel like this. …
Bob Clampett’s first cartoons
Animator Mark Kausler blogs about his latest discovery – Bob Clampett’s first published cartoon art. It’s from 1925 and was published in …
Kim Deitch: “Leaping Tall Buildings”
Worth a look: Kim Deitch (veteran underground cartoonist and son of animation director Gene Deitch) talks about his comics career and …
LACMA in April: Alice, Fischinger and Paramount Cartoons
The spectacular sold out UPA program at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) last week marked the beginning of even more …
“Garage” by Sam Chou
Five friends, five musicians, one garage. Here’s a killer sample piece created and directed by Toronto’s Sam Chou, for a TV series in …
Seeing Double? MacFarlane’s “Ted” vs. “Imagine THIS”
The trailer for Seth MacFarlane’s new movie Ted, went online Monday. Cartoonist Lucas Turnbloom has been drawing the online comic strip …
Music Video Round-up (#9)
Crash by Belle & Sebastian A cover version by Belle & Sebastian of the 1988 hit song Crash by The Primitives. This animated video was …
“Luminaris” by Juan Pablo Zaramella
This brilliant piece of stop motion/pixilation from Buenos Aires-based Juan Pablo Zaramella was on the Oscar shortlist last fall. …
Walter Lantz in 1948
Posting random classic photos has become the raison d’être of Facebook, but I just couldn’t resist sharing this vintage 1948 photo of …
“Casting The Birds” by Uli Meyer
Animator/director Uli Meyer’sCasting The Birds is not a new film, but a beautiful limited edition print Meyer’s been selling online. It’s …
Seth MacFarlane’s “Ted” trailer
Seth MacFarlane’s first full-length feature is a hilariously raunchy mix of live action and CG animation. Mark Wahlberg stars as John …
Cool “Gigantor” posters by Laurent Durieux
Dark Hall Mansion, who produces those cool Peanuts Specials limited edition posters by Tom Whelan, are at it again. This time they’ve …
“Foosball” trailer
Last year it was garden gnomes, later this year it’s Foosball. This Argentine-Spanish co-production is being directed by Oscar-winner …
Sheridan College Student Films 2012
Canada’s Sheridan College is well known for the quality of their animation program and the work of their students (alumni include Dean …
“Footage Loose”
DreamWorks animators David Stodolny and Steve Meyer created this little short, filming all over the Dreamworks campus, during breaks over …
“Dinotasia”
Opening in London on May 4th is Dinotasia, a new feature film containing a series of vignettes about dinosaurs, narrated by filmmaker …
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