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“The Illusionist” Gearing Up For Wider Release
This weekend, Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist opens in more locations around southern California, as well as San Francisco and Chicago. …
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JANUARY 19 IN NYC: Lisa T Retrospective
On Wednesday, January 19th, check out “Crossing The Line: Animation Show & Tell”, a retrospective of the works of gender-bending Swedish …
Mobil Ads by Ward Kimball
For nearly thirty years, animation legend Ward Kimball contributed a cartoon page called “Asinine Alley” to the bi-monthly magazine …
“Tous des Monstres” Will Keep You Awake Tonight
Tous des Monstres (All of the Monsters) is a student film from Supinfocom directed by Nicolas Deprez, Laurent Jaffier, Pierre Lippens and …
Jeffrey Katzenberg Defends 3-D …Again
Jeffrey Katzenberg talks about how he plans to sustain the 3-D fad during this interview with The Wall Street Journal. He also discusses …
Weekend Box Office Report
No new animated films this week in the US. The quick fading Yogi Bear dropped from fourth to eighth place with an FINAL $6.6 million and …
Ralph Bakshi Interviewed in “BOMB”
Just found out about this great interview with Ralph Bakshi that appeared in BOMB magazine. It’s available to read on-line. Smart …
“Mr. Freeman” Is The Most Popular Russian Cartoon You’ve Never Heard Of
Mr. Freeman is a philosophical Web series from Russia that apparently has been causing quite a stir since it debuted a year and a half …
“The Deep” by PES
PES’s latest short, The Deep was created for Showtime’s new “Short Stories” initiative, which should be abundantly clear since Showtime …
Happy 70th Birthday, Hayao Miyazaki!
Happy birthday to Japan’s most successful and influential animated filmmaker of all time, Hayao Miyazaki, who turns 70 today! I’ll take …
“Laufzeit” by David Seidewitz and Florian Tscharf
Laufzeit (Runtime) is a stop-motion short created by David Seidewitz and Florian Tscharf at Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State …
Are 200 Episodes of SpongeBob Enough?
A notable accomplishment: SpongeBob SquarePants has been renewed for a ninth season. The order for twenty-six new episodes, due to begin …
“The Art of Drowning” by Diego Maclean
The Art of Drowning, Diego Maclean’s 2009 graduation film from Emily Carr University, is finally on-line. The short, which had a …
Stuart Ng Books on MSNBC
An MSNBC video segment about my friend Stuart Ng, the proprietor of Stuart Ng Books. In certain animation and illustration circles, his …
Happy New Year (Again)
Greetings from Anatoly Belikov in Ekaterinburg, Russia. The rabbit says, “New year has come! Old year go away!” Art Grootfontein in …
Mouth-Watering, Eye-Popping, Incredible 3-D
I can’t wait to continue NOT seeing any of these films in 3-D during 2011:
How Jeffrey Katzenberg Convinced Me To Drop Out of CalArts
Katzenberg (left) speaking at CalArts last October (Photo via 24700 blog) Good read: a delightfully bizarre blog post from last …
Weekend Box Office Report: “Tangled” Will Top “Tarzan”
Disney’s Tangled wrapped up its sixth weekend with an FINAL $9.8 million and a grand total of $167.8 million. The film may end up …
“The Beauty of Pixar” by Leandro Copperfield
This well-edited Pixar tribute by Leandro Copperfield weaves together clips from all of the studio’s movies. “Pixar’s films have always …
Season’s Greetings Redux
Jerry already shared a few of the holiday greetings he received so I thought I’d share a few of my favorites too. Hands down my …
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