animation
I dare anyone to watch the ending of The Iron Giant and test to see if their eyes stay dry. I know I wasn’t able to.
This animated short addresses the ridiculous entitlement of people who believe that Native culture is a fad for them to consume.
Even watering down some rather interesting character dynamics, Sing 2 adds more of everything, the good and the bad.
On this Animation Sensation we discuss the 1998 animated film The Prince of Egypt.
The new animated Diary of a Wimpy Kid tells a familiar story and executes it on an arguably bare minimum.
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children is a brilliant animated film with a haunting score, tragic themes, and an angsty coming-of-age plot.
In the first Animation Sensation, Dallas Marshall reviews Wizards, that while flawed, is worth checking out just for its audaciousness alone.
Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Flee uses animation as a form of therapy for both its central subject and the audience.
Ari Folman’s latest Where Is Anne Frank is a kaleidoscope of beautiful visuals and good intentions, even if some of them don’t exactly land.
It’s films like Angel’s Egg that make the critic feel like a charlatan, aimlessly looking for patterns in the entrails.
Thirty years on, the poignant, thoughtful Only Yesterday stands out as a mature, sophisticated gem among Studio Ghibli’s catalog.
Looking at the legacy of Gorō Miyazaki’s best film, From Up On Poppy Hill, which was written by his father, the legendary Hayao Miyazaki.
The 2021 collection of New French shorts has a wide range of genres, from science-fiction to slice-of-life realism, and some wildly experimental animation.
The potential with this was promising, and yet they couldn’t quite make it work.
Despite its immense charm in its animation, music and characters, there are vital story elements in Arlo the Alligator Boy that are lacking.