Thai “Beauty & the Beast”
The funniest thing I’ve seen in weeks: this Thai CG knock-off of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast – though it should be more aptly titled …
Jerry Beck
“Jazz In Animation” at Sacramento’s Crocker Art Museum
How are you spending your holiday weekend? Me, I’ll be screening a program of Jazz Cartoons at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento …
“Kung Fu Panda 2” talkback
Betsy Sharkey in The Los Angeles Times says: “This is the first movie in a long time that you won’t mind paying for the glasses because …
“Chaplin” By Seagulls Fly
Don’t litter, talk or smoke at the movies… that’s the message beautifully communicated in this Chaplin trailer (created in 2009) by Rio …
Last Look: “The Smurfs” trailer
Okay… it looks sorta funny to me. Neil Patrick Harris is good, and it seemingly doesn’t take itself too seriously. That’s my two cents …
Richard Williams “Silent Stars” logo
Animation legend Richard Williams animated a 30-second signal film for last year’s Pordenone Silent Film Festival, and now that piece …
Brew Flashback: “The Man Called Flintstone” (1966)
Not The Flinstones finest hour (or more precisely, an hour and twenty-seven minutes), but I thought we’d take a moment to acknowledge the …
“Slimtime” from Supinfocom Arles
With style to spare, Slimtime, a 2010 graduation film by four students at Supinfocom Arles, the CG animation school based in the south of …
First Look: “The Muppets” teaser
This year Disney is releasing a sequel to Pixar’s Cars and reviving Winnie The Pooh. They are also rebooting The Muppets (yes, I know its …
New Books you should know about* (*if you don’t already)
Here are several new publications that were sent my way during the past month that I think Cartoon Brew readers will like, or love or at …
“a.breeze.from.mt.Parnassus” by Vitaliy Strokous
Vitaliy Strokous is a name to remember… Here’s his second year CalArts film, an ode to noncomformity:
“Koko’s Earth Control” (1928) by Max & Dave Fleischer
Max and Dave Fleischer (and animator Dick Heumer) explain it all in this 1928 classic cartoon. If you had to recommend one cartoon …
“Vestmanna Eyjar” by Einar Baldvin
Back in February, Amid post Einar Baldvin’s Cal Arts thesis film, Catatonic. Baldvin just completed a musical piece in collaboration with …
MAY 23 in LA: “Cartoon Dump”
The world is ending on May 21st, so May 23rd is the perfect time for the apocalyptic hilarity of Cartoon Dump, with its rapturous mixture …
“Milk Crate Sea Dragon”
Been meaning to post this for months – a fun little animated promo for Australia’s Awesome Waste of Time contest website. If anyone knows …
“Junko’s Shamisen” by Sol Friedman
Though primarily live action, I had to post the phenomenal debut film by Toronto-based filmmaker Sol Friedman. Junko’s Shamisen, which …
“Africa Directo: Los Nadies” By Carlos Salgado
Carlos Salgado, an illustrator, designer and director for Spanish production company User T38 sent us a note with a link to his …
First Look: “The Adventures of Tintin”
Our first glimpse of Spielberg’s (and Jackson’s) mo-cap Tintin movie. They are still afraid to show us their faces – and I’m still not …
“Fear Me Not” by Malika Whitaker
Sensual rotoscope animation about “overcoming the fear of commitment”, Fear Me Not by Malika Whitaker:
Crucified Woody
Reader Andres Silva shared with me this photo he snapped at a children’s playground in Ecuador.
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