Cartoon Culture The Prowler at Film Forum by Amid Amidi Tuesday March 16, 2010 3:55 am Beginning this Friday, a restored print of Joseph Losey’s filmnoir The Prowler plays for one week at the Film Forum in …
Cartoon Culture 1960 Cartoon predicts Skype and Roomba by Jerry Beck Tuesday March 16, 2010 12:05 am Silly Science (released May 1960). Director Seymour Kneitel.Animation: I. Klein, Irving Dressler. Story: Carl Meyer, Jack …
Site News Cartoon Brew is Six Years Old by brewmasters Monday March 15, 2010 4:12 pm Cartoon Brew launched six years ago today. We’re not doing awhole lot to celebrate–unless eating raisins counts as a …
Business C.O.R.E. Digital Shut Down This Afternoon by Amid Amidi Monday March 15, 2010 3:00 pm C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures, the Toronto-based CG/sfx house thatproduced Disney’s The Wild, shut down this afternoon. The …
Feature Film Mars Trailer by Amid Amidi Monday March 15, 2010 1:17 am This roto-heavy animated feature really slipped in under theradar. The first I heard of Mars was last week when it premiered …
Shorts “Undone” by Hayley Morris by Jerry Beck Monday March 15, 2010 12:05 am Hayley Morris is a director and animator at Curious Pictures inNYC. Her short stop-motion animation Undone won best animated …
Comics The Sunday Funnies (3/14/10) by Jerry Beck Sunday March 14, 2010 11:00 am This week: Crankshaft (3/9/10) by Tom Batiuk and Chuck Ayers;Wulffmorganthaler (3/13/10) by Martin Mostrom Nielson; The …
Feature Film American: The Bill Hicks Story by Amid Amidi Sunday March 14, 2010 1:05 am The trailer for a feature-length documentary about the late,great American comedian Bill Hicks. The film, which makes …
Animators A Tribute to Joe Ranft by Jerry Beck Saturday March 13, 2010 10:45 am Today, Joe Ranft would have been fifty years old. Disneydirector John Musker created this storyboard tribute to the late …
Feature Film TONIGHT IN NY: Q&A with Kells Director by Amid Amidi Saturday March 13, 2010 5:11 am This afternoon, Secret of Kells director Tomm Moore will do aQ&A following the 5pm screening of his film at the Village East …
Classic Richard Balzer’s Collection of Antique Animation Devices by Amid Amidi Saturday March 13, 2010 2:37 am East coast animator Brian Duffy has been cataloguing thecollection of Richard Balzer, who owns a one-of-a-kind cache of …
Feature Film HEAVY METAL 3D by David Fincher, Zack Snyder, James Cameron et al. by Jerry Beck Friday March 12, 2010 7:00 pm Filmmaker David Fincher (Fight Club, Se7en, Benjamin Button,etc.), who began his career working for Lucasfilm in special …
Cartoon Culture Shrek Obsessions in Iran by Amid Amidi Friday March 12, 2010 6:55 pm This piece by Brian T. Edwards about Iranian cinema in theBeliever’s film issue isn’t really about animation, but it does …
CGI Disney ends deal with Zemeckis and his Mo-Cap by Jerry Beck Friday March 12, 2010 5:30 pm The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Disney has ended itsdeal with Robert Zemeckis’ mo-cap factory, Image Movers. Disney …
Pixar Day & Night by Teddy Newton by Amid Amidi Friday March 12, 2010 2:24 pm ComingSoon.net posted this publicity image from Teddy Newton’sDay & Night, the Pixar short that will screen in front of Toy …