Film Review: For Tomi Ungerer, Far Out Isn’t Far Enough
In the 1950s, when the pages of the Saturday Evening Post and McCall’s were dominated with the realist paintings of Norman Rockwell and …
Documentary
The Documentary About Bronies is Here
A pleasant surprise arrived in my mailbox yesterday: a copy of the new documentary Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My …
“I Know That Voice” trailer
Filmmakers John DiMaggio, Tommy Reid and Lawrence Shapiro are putting finishing touches of their documentary feature I Know That Voice, a …
This Friday in NYC: Documentary About Richard Williams’ “The Thief and the Cobbler”
This Friday, November 9th, New Yorkers can see the East Coast premiere of Kevin Schreck’s new documentary Persistence of Vision, about …
Happy 102nd Birthday, Tyrus Wong!
Animation concept artist and Disney Legend, Tyrus Wong is celebrating his 102nd birthday this week (though his actual birthday was …
Definitive Ray Harryhausen Documentary sets U.S. Premiere
Even if this documentary is simply 92 minutes of these guys* praising Ray Harryhausen, I’d say it would be worth the time to watch it. …
The Man Behind “Blinky Bill”: A Documentary on Yoram Gross
For those of you wondering who Yoram Gross was, your questions are about to be answered. The man behind the Australian series Blinky …
“Far Out Isn’t Far Enough” NSFW trailer
Here’s one documentary I look forward to seeing: Rick Cikowski and Brad Bernstein’s Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story. …
“6 Days to Air” Reveals “South Park”‘s Insane Production Schedule
I’ve always known that South Park is produced on an uncommonly fast production schedule, but I never realized how brutal that schedule is …
A Documentary About Voice Actors
This is the trailer for I Know That Voice, an upcoming documentary about voice actors. The trailer unfortunately makes the film look …
This Is What Computer Animation Looked Like In 1971
The documentary above offers a fascinating look at the Key Frame animation system designed by Marceli Wein and Nestor Burtnyk at the …
“The Sweatbox”, the Documentary That Disney Doesn’t Want You to See
Disney has kept The Sweatbox locked out of sight for the past decade, but the 2002 documentary was posted online yesterday by an …
Meet Michael Sullivan, Robot Pornographer
Last week at an animation screening in New York, the MC of the event, Bill Plympton, invited a member of the audience to take the stage …
A Documentary about Alberto Mielgo
I’ve often praised Alberto Mielgo’s background paintings on the Brew. He’s the art director on Disney’s upcoming Tron TV series, which is …
Eyvind Earle Narrates His Life Story
It’s been an Eyvind Earle kind of week. A couple days ago I stumbled onto an obscure post-Sleeping Beauty Chevrolet commercial that he …
The Battle Over Who Created “He-Man”
Toy Masters is a feature-length documentary (currently in production) on the story behind the toy line and animated series, He-Man and …
“The Art of Osamu Tezuka: God of Manga”
Today is what would have been the 82nd birthday of Osamu Tezuka, the creator of Astro Boy and Kimba the White Lion. Fittingly, a book …
Quirino Cristiani documentary
A 2008 documentary about pioneer Argentine animator Quirino Cristiani (1896-1984) has just been released on DVD. Cristiani made the first …
Waking Sleeping Beauty trailer
Don Hahn’s documentary on the Disney Animation renaissance of the 1990s is opening on March 26th in LA, NY, San Francisco and Chicago. …
Rare Footage of Bakshi working on Fritz the Cat
This 1970 German documentary on Robert Crumb contains rare footage of Ralph Bakshi in his studio during the making of Fritz the Cat. …
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