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BBC2 Ident by Guilherme Marcondes
I love this new channel ident for BBC2 directed by Guilherme Marcondes (of Tyger fame). I also love the behind-the-scenes photos that …
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Jerry on Stu’s Show
Once again, tomorrow Wednesday October 8th, I will be the featured guest on Stu’s Show on Shokus Internet Radio. This will be my eighth …
Ward Kimball on CinemaScope
Several years ago I curated a program of CinemaScope cartoon shorts from the 1950s, which I screened at the Ottawa Animation Festival, …
Why Nobody Wants To Watch Sony’s Features
According to Steve Hulett of the animation union Local 839, the execs at Sony are perplexed about why their films (Open Season, Surf’s …
The Golden Years of Annecy
John and Faith Hubley in Annecy Cima Balser, the wife of animation director Bob Balser, has written a fantastic piece for AWN about …
Sleeping Beauty at the Academy
A newly restored, digitally remastered version of Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty (1959) will be presented on Friday, July 18, at 7:30 pm …
GR8-2-B-NOMN8D Part #5
Starting in two weeks, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills will begin the fifth edition of their annual …
Paul Dini on Contemporary Animated Films
Do you hate the pedestrian state of storytelling in today’s animated features? Probably not as much as Paul Dini does. Dini, best known …
Notes on Persepolis
A few random notes on the French animated feature Persepolis: • Upon winning the best animated feature prize from the NY …
Random Chipmunk Notes
One of the most unexpected surprises at theaters last year was the box office success of Alvin and the Chipmunks. Nearly everybody …
Top Grossing Films of 2007
From IMDB comes this listing of the top grossing films of 2007 (U.S. Theatrical box office, in millions): 1. Spider-Man 3 • …
“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 …
The Number #1 Movie
Above, Saturday night at The Grove; The Farmer’s Market in Los Angeles Say what you will (and most of you have) about Bee Movie, but …
The Question of Beowulf
What to make of Robert Zemeckis’ Beowulf. Is it to be considered a pure animated film or a digitally enhanced live action feature? Is …
10K Comments on the Brew!
We reached a milestone earlier in October that I think is worth mentioning: 10,000 reader comments on Cartoon Brew. We only launched …
UPA at MoMA, 1955
UPDATE: Let’s try this again. I apologize that the post didn’t appear on the Cartoon Modern blog last night. A funky accident deleted the …
The Bigger Picture
As an ex-theatrical film distributor myself, I’m always following trends in the industry as it evolves due to new technologies and …
Columbia’s Barney Google
One of the “Holy Grails” amongst us cartoon historians is the series of four Barney Google cartoons produced in Technicolor by Columbia …
Update at the Ken Harris website
John Dyson, the grandson of master animator Ken Harris (1898-1982) started a website last year to post artwork, photographs and ephemera …
Harry-Go-Round
Good news! Harry McCracken’s blog is back. McCracken, former editor of Animato, current editor of PC World and webmaster of …
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