Important Lesson of the Day

Don’t mess with Trey Parker and Matt Stone because the simple act of threatening the creators of South Park will land you 25 years in …

Why Doesn’t Criterion Release Animation?

How’s this for a startling fact: There aren’t all that many animated films in the immaculately curated Criterion Collection. In fact, …

Rio/Rango: Seeing Double?

Two highly anticipated animated features. Both with one-word titles, starting with the letter “R”. And now, both with a strangely similar …

New York Animation: 2010 Year in Review

It’s not quite the end of 2010, but ASIFA-East president David Levy has already compiled a post about 2010 New York animation highlights. …

New Markets in Animation

Still from “Why Can’t We Walk Straight In terms of opportunities and amount of work available, there is no better time to be working …

It Gets Better at Pixar

A message from the employees of Pixar: This comment by CLaarkamp1287 on YouTube sums it up better than I could: “For Pixar to …

Hacking the Kinect

Microsoft’s new controller-free gaming environment called Kinect for XBox 360 also doubles as a powerful digital toy for hackers. The …

Would You Submit Work to Kenn Viselman?

High-profile children’s entertainment licensor Kenn Viselman (Teletubbies, Thomas the Tank Engine), who refers to himself as the Madonna …

Video site Vimeo launches an awards show

When I posted Kirsten Lepore’s Bottle last week, I neglected to mention that the film is one of five animation finalists in the …

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