“Clearence” by Lee Daniels
A slick little short about a group of incompetent secret agents, created by Lee Daniels, using Adobe CS5 Master Collection: 
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Shorts
Oscar Focus: Bill Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg Talk ‘The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore’
BREWMASTERS NOTE: This week Cartoon Brew takes a closer look at each of the five Academy Award nominated animated shorts. Each day at …
“Rango” and “A Morning Stroll” Win BAFTAs
Yesterday, the BAFTAs–the British equivalent of the Academy Awards–were handed out, and the winners of the Animated Feature and …
“Daffy’s Rhapsody” talkback
Far be it from me to urge you to see this weekend’s number 3 film, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island – but it is accompanied by the …
“Kiss” by Joseph Hodgson & Franck Aubry
Fresh of the the festival circuit, where it was projected in super wide-screen, Kiss is what I’d safely classify as an art film. It was …
“Journey to the Field of Sunflowers” by Alexandre Siqueira
Alexandre Siqueira’s Voyage au Champ de Tournesols (Journey to the Field of Sunflowers) is a unique, delicate film about life and death. …
“Skip This Film Now” by Dan McHale
I would not skip this film by San Francisco based animator Dan McHale.
The Films of Michel Klofkorn
I’m new to the work of Michel Klofkorn, but he’s been creating music videos, commercials and experimental films in Germany since the …
We’ve Got the Winners of Cartoon Brew’s Oscar Survey
The results are in from Cartoon Brew’s Oscar survey and the winners are Pixar’s La Luna in the Animated Short Category and ILM’s Rango …
TRAILER: “The Pub” by Joseph Pierce
Watch the trailer for The Pub, the latest short by British animator Joseph Pierce. His rotoscope-based technique, which he’s used to …
Cartoon Brew’s 2012 Oscar Survey
With no clear frontrunners in either the Best Animated Feature or Short categories, it’s time to call upon the wisdom of the animation …
The Early Work of Richard Williams: “Love Me, Love Me, Love Me”
I never noticed until a few nights ago that Richard Williams’s rarely seen 1962 Love Me, Love Me, Love Me can be viewed online. It was …
The Oscars: Animated Short Nominees
The nominees for BEST ANIMATED SHORT, announced today by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scienes, are: A Morning Stroll by …
TRAILER: “Oh Willy…” by Emma De Swaef & Marc James Roels
Oh Willy… is a short film about a porky guy who goes to care for his sick mother who lives in a nudist colony. It’s directed by Emma De …
“In the Pig, Everything is Good” by Iris Alexandre
Unexpectedly thought-provoking and beautiful in its own way, In the Pig, Everything is Good (Dans le cochon, tout est bon) takes …
Meet Michael Sullivan, Robot Pornographer
Last week at an animation screening in New York, the MC of the event, Bill Plympton, invited a member of the audience to take the stage …
“Satori” by Abhilasha Dewan
Satori is another recent Sheridan thesis film that has popped up online. Along with yesterday’s A Good Wife, the film offers a glimpse of …
Flea & Fly in “City Troubles” by Fernando Miller
Longtime readers of this blog know I have a “thing” for retro-style cartoons – i.e. new animated shorts that faithfully mimic a past era …
“A Good Wife” by W. Scott Forbes
The story of A Good Wife is fairly well summarized by its ironic title. What remains is a tribute to mid-century modern aesthetics and an …
Rising Artist: Paul Cabon
It’s rare to browse through someone’s on-line animation videos and enjoy everything they’ve produced. That’s the happy feeling I …
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