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Year of the Fish: An Animated Feature?
As the line between live-action and animation blurs, there are more and more controversies about what qualifies as animation. Is A …
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Tarsem’s The Fall
I saw an unexpectedly great live-action film last night–Tarsem’s The Fall (view the trailer here). The film’s production design is …
The Making Of Natalia Mirzoyan’s ‘Winter In March,’ An Oscar-Qualified Short Telling A Personal Story Of Resistance
‘Winter in March’ is a handcrafted film that uses soft materials to explore difficult, often painful subjects following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Advertising Kung Fu Panda
Is this bus stop ad from Norway part of the official DreamWorks marketing campaign or did they receive some assistance from the public? …
Pools Stokbrood by Daan
Pools Stokbrood is an amusing one-minute short directed by Daan based on a text by Russian surrealist and absurdist poet Daniil Kharms. …
Seaweed and the Cure for Mildew
Ben Balistreri, currently a storyboard artist at Dreamworks on How to Train Your Dragon, and a character designer and board artist for …
Roger Ebert Finds 3-D Films Annoying
Hurtling 3-D objects at viewers is not a substitute for quality filmmaking as last week’s weak opening of the 3-D animated pic Fly Me to …
THIS SATURDAY: Eric Goldberg Signing in Torrance
This Saturday, Eric Goldberg will be signing his new book Character Animation Crash Course! at Stuart Ng Books in Torrance, CA. He’ll be …
Animation Attack! in Atlanta
As part of the Atlanta Underground Film Festival, ASIFA-Atlanta will be presenting Animation Attack!. The three-screening series takes …
Revisiting the Uncanny Valley
The UK Times got duped into running an article about one company’s claims that their animation has leapt the Uncanny Valley. The video …
Mapping Springfield
Even for someone like myself who hasn’t seen a new episode of The Simpsons in years, it’s hard not to be impressed by the obsessive …
A theatrical release for Tinker Bell?
The new direct-to-video Tinker Bell feature will be playing exclusively at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, from September 19th …
Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood
Chuck Jones (1912-2002) sketches himself as a boy “conducting the ocean” in a new documentary short directed by Peggy Stern, Chuck Jones: …
Michael Eisner, Cartoon Creator
Michael Eisner has launched a new animation company called Tornante Animation. And he’s created his own animated series. And …
The Best of The Best!
A heads-up for animation fans stuck in L.A. over Labor Day weekend. Bill Plympton will present The Best of The Best: An Animated Evening …
Ray Harryhausen Presents The Pit and the Pendulum
Stop-motion legend Ray Harryhausen doesn’t animate much himself nowadays, but he has a new production banner “Ray Harryhausen Presents” …
Happy 100th Birthday, Animated Film
Oops, we forgot to mention that yesterday marked the centennial of animated film. The animated film that started it all: Emile Cohl’s …
ELA in Love at First Byte
Co-director Fernando Sarmiento descibes ELA in Love at First Byte to me as, “A weird mix between She Ra, Tron and Flash Gordon.” It also …
Making Sense of Cars
Try as he might, illustrator Jake Parker couldn’t make sense of the world that Pixar created for Cars. He writes: And that leads me to …
Olivia and I
We don’t often post about Telenovelas, but since Cartoon Network is going live action, here’s one they might consider: Olivia And I. It …
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