How The Hays Code Censored Cartoons And How Animators Responded
Hollywood tried hard to make theatrical cartoons less raunchy and fun, but animators still found a way to keep their work weird.
Hollywood tried hard to make theatrical cartoons less raunchy and fun, but animators still found a way to keep their work weird.
Critical reviews have been mixed for the first feature from Skydance Animation.
Tony Mines was a pioneer of the brickfilm movement as it shifted online around the turn of the century.
After this year's Oscar debacle, Lord and Miller are asking for "a respected filmmaker to present the award and frame animation as cinema.”
Branded as formulaic, "Raya and the Last Dragon" is still being praised for its world-building, performances, and emotional depths. Here's what some critics had to say.
"Soul" and "Wolfwalkers" topped the feature film nominations with ten apiece, but most bizarrely, they aren't competing against each other in the main feature category.
The film's global opening could break the $100-million mark, despite turmoil caused by the coronavirus.
Uli Meyer speaks to Cartoon Brew about the challenges of adapting Ronald Searle's artwork to animation.
The past 12 months saw big names leave us by the droves, and witnessed one of the worst atrocities in animation history.
With new competitors on the way, the streaming giant Netflix is turbocharging its preschool content production.
The Walt Disney Company, the leading financial sponsor of ASIFA-Hollywood's Annie Awards, received 42 total nominations.
As entertaining and satisfying as "Zootopia" may be on a scene-by-scene basis, the movie ultimately fails because it insists on having it both ways simultaneously - anthropomorphic and metaphoric.
Nominations for the 44th ASIFA-Hollywood Annie Awards were announced this morning, and Disney’s Zootopia led the way with 11 nominations. …
In a wide-ranging conversation, Genndy Tartakovsky talks to Cartoon Brew about the challenges of making "Hotel Transylvania 2" and what he's trying to do next.
An animation-specific roundup of panels, presentations, and other cartoon goodness at America's biggest pop culture festival.
Illumination Entertainment's founder admits he has no idea what's in store for the future of animation, but it will probably arrive online in short-form.
C.H. Greenblatt, creator of the animated series "Chowder," is back with a new series, "Harvey Beaks," that premieres this Sunday on Nickelodeon.
What if the animation Oscars were chosen by people who knew nothing about animation?
Analyzing the performance and acting in the Academy Award-nominated film "Song of the Sea."
Albert 't Hooft and Paco Vink discuss the challenges of directing a low-budget theatrical feature in a small animation market like the Netherlands.