Ideas/Commentary

Who Writes Cartoons?

If there’s one thing the animation blogging community guarantees, it’s plenty of controversy. The latest squabble that has evolved is …

Feature Film

“Beowulf” Blitzer

Two animated films led the U.S. Box office this weekend: Beowulf came in first place, and Bee Movie is holding strong in second …

Books

Bee Movie

After months of seeing clips, excerpts, storyreels and tons of production art, I finally saw the finished film for the first time today. …

BrewFilms

Len Glasser’s Safety Shoes

After a bit of an unexpected lag, we’ve debuted our latest film on CartoonBrewFilms: Safety Shoes (1965) directed and designed by Leonard …

Classic

More Classic Animation on DVD

Not to be overlooked in this year of great classic cartoon DVD releases (the The Little King and Cultoons collection is subtitled …

Shorts

Psst! Pass It On

Psst! Pass It On… is a collaborative filmmaking experiment in which three different creative teams work together to create a 90-second …

Animators

Flickr Animation

Animator Dan Meth (of Hebrew Crunk fame) just completed an animation experiment. He animated his latest film while getting drunk in a …

Animators

J.J. Defends 2-D

Go J.J.! Animator J.J. Sedelmaier has written an editorial for latest edition of Create Magazine making the case for animation …

Old Brew

Family Pants

Independent animator Dave Redl has created a mini-industry by writing, voicing and animating his own short-form cartoon series, Family …

Old Brew

FESTIVAL REPORT: 2D OR NOT 2D

Animator Nancy Beiman (of the Rochester Intitute of Technology) sent in this first hand report from 2D OR NOT 2D FESTIVAL held in Everett …

Old Brew

Piccolo, Saxo and Company

What is it with The Weinstein Company? Harvey Weinstein is perhaps the smartest and savviest of the current Hollywood moguls, but his …

Old Brew

HAIR HIGH PREMIERES IN NYC TONIGHT

At long last, Bill Plympton’s latest animated feature HAIR HIGH premieres tonight in New York City. It is screening for one week (Oct. …

Old Brew

RED DEFENDER

J. J. Sedelmaier sent us a link to his latest set of animated public service spots, based on the subject of donating blood, for the Euro …

Old Brew

Oskar Fischinger Article

Worth a read: in the latest issue of TATE ETC., the magazine of UK’s Tate museums, there is a nice appreciation of the experimental …

Old Brew

CARTOONS: NO LAUGHING MATTER

Heads up, New Yorkers! The Film Forum is presenting CARTOONS: No Laughing Matter?, a program of new animated shorts begining Wednesday, …

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