Cartoon Brew Writers Pick Their Favorite Features, Series, And Shorts Of 2025
Cartoon Brew writers share their top animated features, series, and shorts of 2025, highlighting indie discoveries, global hits, and TV standouts.
Cartoon Brew writers share their top animated features, series, and shorts of 2025, highlighting indie discoveries, global hits, and TV standouts.
"Some early versions of that were almost superhero movies essentially with fire powers and water powers to stop a villain," said Sohn, "but you didn’t feel anything. So we were just searching for that connection with the elements."
Watch the directing duo of Lilo & Stitch reminisce about the creation, development, production, and enduring legacy of the Disney classic.
Five Republican senators wrote to the TV Parental Guidelines Advisory Board demanding new tv ratings guidelines.
This major animation event is where deals gets made for European animated features.
Director Julian Glander unpacks the visual design, storytelling choices, and Blender DIY animation methods behind a defining scene in 'Boys Go to Jupiter.'
This darkly comic black-and-white short is set in Prague, where a reckless romantic races through chaos to win his crush’s heart.
Discover how The Line brought humanity, style, and mythic power to Supergiant Games’ 'Hades II' trailer, blending artistry with storytelling.
"The ultimate challenge," said co-director Chris Appelhans, "is that pop music, above all, needs to be a bop and it needs to be hooky, and it needs to be irresistible."
Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, directors of the iconic 'Madame Tutli-Putli,' are back with their latest stop-motion film that pushes the art form to new places.
Dozens of animated features are being presented at the Cannes Film Market this week. Here are some of the ones that caught our attention.
The festival will take place June 4-15 in New York City.
John Dilworth analyzes the inspiration and creative processes of his short werewolf comedy 'Howl If You Love Me.'
"I’ve learned [the puppets'] limitations and enjoy finding ways to push those boundaries and work with them creatively," says Kristina Dufková. "What initially felt limiting compared to drawn animation became incredibly fun for me."
In 1963, Kuri was the first Japanese filmmaker to be honored with an award at the Annecy animation festival.
In this short mixing horror and unromantic comedy, Carolina Sandvik unveils her own vision about the life of a couple forced to deal with escalating bodily transformations.
'Curiosa' explores the question of how much we should know about our romantic partners, and how much is too much.
In honor of Saul Bass’s birthday this month, we’re taking a look at some of the greatest animated title sequences from live-action movies.
Dermange's autobiographical documentary tells a larger story of generational trauma suffered by many Armenian families.
Critics seem to agree that while the movie is fun, Mario is a pretty bland main character.