Stop Motion Bunin’s Alice by Jerry Beck Friday November 27, 2009 6:30 am It’s becoming an annual tradition in Los Angeles – just as lastyear, the Cinefamily/Silent Movie Theatre on Fairfax Ave. is …
Shorts Heart by Laurent Clermont by Jerry Beck Friday November 27, 2009 12:05 am A sweet little piece from Laurent Clermont
Internet/Blogs Early Animation Wiki by Jerry Beck Thursday November 26, 2009 9:00 pm I am happy to announce the creation of a new resource forcartoon research: The Early Animation Wiki. This site is the …
Shorts Thanksgiving Leftovers by Jerry Beck Thursday November 26, 2009 7:00 pm Here’s a couple of odds and ends I didn’t around to posting this past week. First up, Chris Jones spent six years making The …
Disney Snow White in Apples by Jerry Beck Thursday November 26, 2009 1:00 pm An appropriate Thanksgiving Day post: food artist PrudenceStaite was commissioned by Disney to recreate scenes from Snow …
Comics Happy Thanksgiving! by Jerry Beck Thursday November 26, 2009 12:05 am What are you thankful for?
Feature Film Fantastic Mr. Fox (wide release) talkback by Jerry Beck Wednesday November 25, 2009 9:12 pm Opening today in wide release is Wes Anderson’s The FantasticMr. Fox. We posted a talkback two weeks ago when it opened in …
Ideas/Commentary What Animation Can Learn from a Restaurant Owner by Amid Amidi Wednesday November 25, 2009 2:19 pm This business case study of Ferran Adrià ’s restaurant elBulli restaurant has nothing to do on the surface with cartoons, …
Disney The Princess And the Frog (NY & LA) talkback by Jerry Beck Wednesday November 25, 2009 12:00 pm Opening in exclusive release today in New York and Los Angelesis Disney’s The Princess and the Frog. If you’ve seen it, …
Feature Film Planet 51 talkback by Jerry Beck Tuesday November 24, 2009 11:45 pm I was at the CTN Expo last weekend and completely forgot to seePlanet 51. Am I missing something? If you saw it, I’d love to …
TV Not So Mighty by Amid Amidi Tuesday November 24, 2009 4:25 pm A Brew reader reports that Erik Wiese, the co-creator of MightyB, hinted on his Facebook today that Nick has cancelled the …
Feature Film Quote of the Week: Tom Rothman by Amid Amidi Tuesday November 24, 2009 2:56 pm From the November 2 issue of The New Yorker: “The trick is,from the business side, to try to be fiscally responsible so …
Business How to Make $55,000 by Giving Away A Film by Amid Amidi Tuesday November 24, 2009 7:58 am Filmmaker Nina Paley explains in the Wall Street Journal howshe’s earned $55,000 from her animated feature Sita Sings the …
Shorts Cornelis by Ayaka Nakata by Amid Amidi Tuesday November 24, 2009 12:12 am Beautiful animated short by Ayaka Nakata that stems from afoundation of dance choreography. I like how the filmmaker …
Bad Ideas A Page From TV Animation’s Past by Amid Amidi Monday November 23, 2009 7:51 pm (click to enlarge image) Understanding the extent to whichartists have lost control of the animation process in the past …