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MONDAY MORNING INSPIRATION

OVER TIME is a wonderfully inventive and atmospheric student film, a tribute of sorts to Muppet creator Jim Henson. It was directed by …

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ALEXEÏEFF PINSCREEN FILMS

Alexandre Alexeieff, the Russian-born French filmmaker who invented the pinscreen method of animation – with his wife/collaborator Claire …

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New Year, New Guest Brewer

After a terrific run by Harry McCracken, we’re excited to introduce our first Guest Brewer of 2005: Rita Street. Many of you know her …

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Now Even More Fantastic

The French animated feature FANTASTIC PLANET (1973), directed by Rene Laloux, is slated to be remade in live-action. Emru Townsend puts …

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Animated in Montreal

A couple cool cartoon finds to report from my recent sidetrip to Montreal. The first was my discovery of cartoonist La Palme. In one of …

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Koji Morimoto

French BREW reader Tsuka writes in to make a correction to an ITEM from a few days ago. Masaaki Yuasa was the animation director and …

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EGYPTIAN MELODIES

In addition to the previously noted JOHN K. extravaganza on September 7th & 8th (which I will update further in the weeks ahead), the …

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BELVISION

Belvision’s ink & paint staff working on PINOCCHIO IN OUTER SPACE (1965)(Click on picture above for larger image.) While everybody was …

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Annecy Report #3

In Robert Kohr’s Thursday Annecy report posted at AnimatorsUnite.com, he writes about the jubilant atmosphere of the screenings: the …

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NEW BOOKS

I went to the Samuel French Bookshop today – still the best book store in L.A. for the latest books on Cinema, TV and animation – and …

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FANTASTIC PLANET DIRECTOR DIES

René Laloux, French director of the animated cult classic FANTASTIC PLANET (1973) died of a heart attack on March 14. He was 74. …

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