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"The Believer" is one of the magazines in "McSweeney’s" indie publishing empire. Published nine times a year, it focuses primarily on books, but occasionally devotes an issue to another topic. This year, the March/April film issue includes a DVD of shorts by John and Faith Hubley, in tribute to John Hubley’s centennial, which happens on May 21st.
The "Angry Birds" feature film that was announced last October will be animated at Sony Pictures Imageworks in Vancouver, Canada.
2014 is shaping up to be one of the strongest years for quirky and original animated features. True, there's the usual spate of sequels—"Rio 2," "How to Train Your Dragon 2" and "Planes: Fire and Rescue"—but looking beyond those films, there are some genuinely fresh ideas on the horizon, most notably Laika's "The Boxtrolls," Reel FX's "Book of Life," and Cartoon Saloon's "Song of the Sea."
Animator and filmmaker Michael Sporn, a man who represented the spirit and vitality of New York's animation scene as much as any other single individual, passed away from pancreatic cancer on January 19. He was 67.
While there are surely many things that the actress Meryl Streep can do well, critical thinking and historical research will not appear …
Pioneered by children, legitimized by people looking up weird stuff on YouTube, vitalized by online hoaxes, and existing entirely outside any kind of aesthetic considerations, fanime is something that could only have developed on the web.
Animation legend Frédéric Back, the two-time Oscar-winning director of "The Man Who Planted Trees," "Crac!," and "The Mighty River," passed away this morning at his home in Montreal.
The Disney studio has famously attempted to adapt Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen as far back as the 1940s. However, it …
Earlier this month, Dallas-headquartered Reel FX released their first animated feature Free Birds. Over its first three weekends in …
"Free Birds," the first animated feature from Reel FX, debuted in fourth place with an estimated $16.2 million at U.S. theaters.
The top three grossing films at the Argentine box office this year are all animated: Monsters University, Despicable Me 2, and Metegol. …
Dallas animation studio Reel FX makes their big splash into animated features this weekend with the release of their first film Free …
A fantabulous two-minute animated chase scene that ends in a delirious climax. Or should that be anti-climax...
Animation plays such a seamless role in live-action production nowadays that some films which are identified as live-action are mostly …
Well, it’s that time of year again. A couple animated films perform below-average at the box office and the mainstream media begins …
Flower sniffing, carpet calisthenics, and other restless leisure-time activities. Domestic life can be tough. Finally, day breaks.
The Wall Street Journal published a story last weekend about Hollywood’s struggle to recoup its costs on big-budget tentpole films, but …
And maybe we can even learn a thing or two from them.
Without the support and deep pockets of a major studio, financing an animated film is a task of Sisyphean proportions, even for a skilled …
Bill Plympton, the King of Indie Animation, shares his experiences from the world's largest animation festival, Annecy.