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REMINDER: CBTV’s Student Animation Festival Deadline
A reminder: only TEN days are left to send in submissions for Cartoon Brew TV’s Student Animation Festival. Visit our festival page for …
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Carl Macek (1951-2010)
Mutual friend Bob Cabeen has just informed me of the passing of my former business partner Carl Macek. Carl died of a heart attack on …
Allen Swift (1924-2010)
Gene Deitch just informed us of the passing of his long-time personal friend Allen Swift. Swift (born Ira Stadlen) was best known for …
Miami World Cinema Center
We try to avoid political commentary here on the Brew, but the above by Miami Herald’s Jim Morin is a fine example of the new wave of …
Lightheaded by Mike Dacko
We posted the trailer last year and now Lightheaded, a short film by animator Mike Dacko, is online in its entirety. It’s won awards at …
More Van Eaton Goodies
Mike Van Eaton comes up with animation odds and ends all the time. I have no purpose in posting these except that I find them fascinating …
Tom Ray 1919-2010
The Animation Guild is reporting the passing of animator Tom Ray. Ray started at Warner Bros. in 1937 and worked for MGM after WWII …
Cartoon Fight Club
For my Cinefamily animation screening this month we’re going twelve rounds with an all-star championship card that pits Tom vs. Jerry, …
‘Adventure Time’ starts tonight!
Here’s a day I’ve been waiting for — for at least three years. Set the TiVo or tune-in tonight at 8pm as Cartoon Network presents the …
Theater Chains Raising 3-D Ticket Prices Today
Beginning today, the Wall Street Journal reports that many major movie chains, including Regal Entertainment Group, Cinemark Holdings …
TONIGHT IN NY: Q&A with Kells Director
This afternoon, Secret of Kells director Tomm Moore will do a Q&A following the 5pm screening of his film at the Village East Cinema in …
Rudy Larriva (1916-2010)
Variety is reporting that veteran Warner Bros. director Rudy Larriva passed away last Friday Feb. 19 in Irvine, Calif. He was 94. …
James Cameron: “I’m not interested in being an animator”
In last week’s LA Times, James Cameron continued to assert his position that Avatar isn’t animation, though at least he’s acknowledging …
Dear Sesame Street
Dear Sesame Street, We, the undersigned, would like to register our concern over the contest you are now conducting with Aniboom. We …
Animated Euro-Trash
Each year I’m dismayed at the lack of U.S. distribution for several high quality theatrical animated features, out of the dozens of …
Looney Tunes Censored 11 to screen in Hollywood
Warner Bros. and TCM are running a Classic Film Festival in Hollywood on April 22nd-25th, showcasing restored prints of more than a dozen …
Lifestyles of Animation Executives: Al Kahn and Jeffrey Katzenberg
I’ve often heard people complain that there’s no money to be made in the animation business. That’s not exactly true. It’s just that the …
Instinkt by Mustafa Kandaz
This animated short was made with post-it notes and markers for Dutch channel RVU. They asked several animators to illustrate and …
Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist Debuts in February
The Illusionist, the long-awaited follow-up feature from Sylvain Chomet (The Triplets of Belleville), will debut next month at the Berlin …
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