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“The Laughing Policeman” by Marcus Armitage
A film of life on the planks and the grit in between.
Amid Amidi
Mr. Magoo Theatrical Shorts Coming to DVD in April
Shout! Factory has set a release date for its long awaited DVD set Mr. Magoo Theatrical Collection: The Theatrical Collection 1949-1959.
Pixar Makes Painterly CG: New Research Could Change The Look of Their Films
Last summer at SIGGRAPH, Pixar presented a paper offering some clues about one of the major new directions that CG feature animation is headed. The paper, “Stylizing Animation By Example,” explored how filmmakers could achieve more expressive rendering styles that disregard the perfect boundaries of computer graphics rendering and mimic traditional painting techniques.
Things That Didn’t Need to Be CG: Rosie the Robot [UPDATED]
A new series of Brazilian ads for Brilux cleaning supplies resurrects Hanna-Barbera’s Rosie the Robot in CG. The character is removed from her futuristic context on “The Jetsons” and dropped into a contemporary scene of Brazilian upper class domesticity.
Oscar-Nominated Short “Feral” Is Available Online
Filmmaker Daniel Sousa has made his short film “Feral,” one of this year’s five Academy Award nominees, available on Vimeo on Demand.
10 Animated Sexploitation Features from the Sixties and Seventies (NSFW)
For a brief decade-long period in animation history, between the late-1960s and late-1970s, feature animation filmmakers cast aside their inhibitions and created films that aimed to titillate and shock audiences with the novelty of sexual cartoon imagery.
“Frozen” Producer Peter Del Vecho Wins PGA Award
“Frozen” notched another win tonight on the awards circuit: Peter Del Vecho won the Producers Guild Award for Oustanding Producer of an Animated Theatrical Motion Picture.
Big Openings for “Nut Job” and “Boonie Bears” Prove That Audiences Just Don’t Care
It was a great weekend for subpar family CG films starring animals. Peter Lepeniotis’ “The Nut Job,” the first animated film released by Open Road Films, a new distribution company launched by AMC Theatres and Regal Entertainment Group, opened in third place with a robust $20.6 million.
“Pari Pari Pa-ri” by Takashi Ohashi
A music video for Megu & Patron’s “Pari Pari Pa-ri” directed by Takashi Ohashi.
Rare Animation Books and Interviews on Archive.org
Don’t miss this rare find on Archive.org: A complete PDF copy of John Halas and Roger Manvell’s book “Design in Motion” (1962).
Where Cartoon Brew Readers Are From: 2013 Edition
Find out which studios, schools, and countries visited Cartoon Brew most frequently last year.
“Penismouse” by Kristof Babaski (NSFW)
An extroverted mouse wants to play. “Myszochujek ” (“Penismouse”), a playful film about control, was made in 1957 by Polish director, Kristof Babaski. The Polish Film Club have restored it and released it in 2014 in HD.
“Waiter” by Ryoji Yamada
Waiter finished work, goes out and gets drunk.
“Frozen” Wins Animated Film and Song Prizes at Critics’ Choice Movie Awards
“Frozen” snagged two awards tonight at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards.
Miley Cyrus and John Kricfalusi Working Together
Miley Cyrus is working with “Ren & Stimpy” creator John Kricfalusi on her upcoming “Bangerz” tour.
“Monsters University” Director Dan Scanlon Responds To Not Getting Oscar Nomination
Dan Scanlon, the director of Pixar’s “Monsters University,” tweeted the perfect response to not being nominated for an Oscar.
Animation Oscar Nominations: Full Coverage
See which animated features, shorts, and VFX films from 2013 are nominated for an Oscar!
David OReilly Creates 2014 Ottawa Animation Fest Poster
The Ottawa International Animation Festival has unveiled this year’s festival poster, which was designed by filmmaker David OReilly (“The External World,” “Please Say Something,” “Adventure Time”).
“Land” by Masanobu Hiraoka
Abstraction and metamorphosis.
Miyazaki Toy Is The Closest You’ll Ever Get to The Legendary Director
How beloved is animation director Hayao Miyazaki? They make toys not of his his characters, but of the director himself.
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