Events

Cartoons in Cinemascope

Next Tuesday, at my usual monthly screening at The Silent Movie Theater, I’ll be running a great selection of 1950s cartoons in …

Events

Toonstruck: Cartoons in Love

My next cartoon show at the Cinefamily/Silent Movie Theater is on Tuesday February 9th. To commemorate Valentines Day (a few days early), …

Events

Technicolor Tuesday

Join me at the Silent Movie Theatre on Tuesday (September 1st) for an entire orgy of 35mm Technicolor cartoons from the 30s, 40s and 50s. …

Books

The Colored Cartoon

I just got a copy of Christopher Lehman’s latest book, The Colored Cartoon: Black Representation in American Animated Short Films. …

TV

Colormation

This just in! Another candidate for my Comic Con program,Worst Cartoons Ever!… Talk about motion capture! It takes the Clutch …

Old Brew

John K. Discusses Color Theory

John Kricfalusi has an insightful POST on his blog where he discusses color theory in backgrounds. He uses early Hanna-Barbera TV …

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OLD MOVIES AND CARTOONS

I’ll be spending the next five days (as I do every Labor Day) over at Cinecon 42 based at both the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel (at …

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Cartoons, Copyright and YouTube

So, what’s new in the world of animation this week? Well, YouTube has bowed to pressure from the movie studios and removed hundreds of …

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FLEISCHER COLOR CLASSICS

Film buff John McElwee posted another great entry on his blog about old cartoons. This time offering some perspectives on Fleischer’s

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CARTOONS ON EARLY TV

Film buff John McElwee has started a blog, Greenbriar Picture Shows, devoted to his love of old movies. His comments are witty and he …

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ORIGINAL CARTOONS

Oh Yeah!For over ten years, Fred Seibert has been championing the production of funny, original cartoons – first as president of Hanna …

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PARAMOUNT CARTOONS

Asifa-Hollywood’s screening this month is for the real die-hards. I’ll be showing about a dozen 1940s-50s Paramount cartoons in 35mm …

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CARTOONS AT THE ACADEMY – PART 1

During 2002 and 2003, the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ran a weekly series, every Monday night for 75 weeks, each week one …

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COLUMBIA CARTOONS on VOOM

I’ve been informed by several BREW readers that classic Columbia (Screen Gems & UPA) cartoons are now running, restored and uncut, on …

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