Tag: Animation
Raya and the Last Dragon Leads 49th Annie Awards Nominations
Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon leads the nominations for the 49th Annie Awards with ten nods including Best Feature, Best Character Animation, Best Voice Acting, and…
1988 in Film: The 50 Greatest Movies of the Year
Well, you voted, and then you waited for the results. You dug deep into your memories of 1988 in Film, as others desperately flocked to…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Enough (Anna Mantzaris)
Who hasn’t had a moment where they’ve had enough? Animator Anna Mantzaris follows that premise to humorous and empathetic effect in the short Enough. Within…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: And Then The Bear (Agnès Patron)
Short films can be a mini class in how to direct, or how not to. In many cases, the beginnings of short films are intriguing,…
FemmeFilmFest21 Interview: Agnes Patron the maestro behind And Then The Bear
As part of the 6th Femme Filmmakers Festival Robin Write of Filmotomy and Meagan Adele Lopez from the Competition Selection jury spoke to French filmmaker…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Normal (Julie Caty)
Witty, thought-provoking, and wild, the animated short Normal springs its main character from an existential crisis, only to have his solution backfire. It’s a trippy…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Oh Baby! (Meghann Artes)
Anyone who is a parent knows that raising a child is quite the DIY project. For some women, conception can be just as challenging, if…
FemmeFilmFest21 Review: Whole (Suchana Saha)
Whole is a minute long animation which manages to say what it needs to within a restricted runtime. The beauty and simplicity of Whole is…
1988 in Film: Oliver & Company
After a highly-publicised reshuffle of Disney’s executive team in 1984, newly-appointed CEO Michael Eisner and head of Walt Disney Pictures Jeffrey Katzenberg were keen to…
1988 in Film: Who Framed Roger Rabbit and 5 of His Lesser Known Friends
By far one of the most unique and inimitable films ever made was Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). Not quite a children’s film and certainly…
Soul and Wolfwalkers Dominate Annie Awards
Disney Pixar’s Soul and Apple TV+/Cartoon Saloon’s Wolfwalkers were the big winners at this year’s Annie Awards. Soul walked away with seven awards including Best Feature,…
Soul and Wolfwalkers Lead Annie Award Nominations
As entirely anticipated, Disney Pixar’s Soul and Apple TV+/Cartoon Saloon’s Wolfwalkers lead the way at the Annie Award nominations with ten nods each. Both films are…
Sundance 2021 Review: Cryptozoo
Dash Shaw has spent his career experimenting with various visual mediums and unique forms of storytelling with his newest feature Cryptozoo being no different. Premiering…
LFF Review: Wolfwalkers (Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart)
One can easily imagine the turning heads of Disney and Pixar, for instance, as the batwing doors swing open and a new pretender to the…
