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Tag: animation

festivals, reactions, screenings, TIFF

ANOMALISA plays TIFF 2015

Nobody does love and introspection quite like Charlie Kauffman

Posted on September 16, 2015September 19, 2015
reviews

INSIDE OUT

We are a composite of everything we’ve already gone through; every feeling we’ve already felt.

Posted on June 21, 2015August 31, 2015
blind spot series

Blindsided by MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO

With a twelve-course meal on-tap for 2015, I decide to start with dessert.

Posted on January 27, 2015June 30, 2015
trailers

Just a Thought: INSIDE OUT Trailer

I thought I was the only one with voices in his head.

Posted on December 18, 2014December 23, 2014
reviews

BIG HERO 6

Avengers don’t always assemble to save the world: Sometimes it’s just about saving one person.

Posted on November 9, 2014November 14, 2014
reviews

THE BOXTROLLS

When it comes to bedtime stories, “Familiar” is not a negative criticism.

Posted on September 28, 2014October 3, 2014
festivals, reactions, TIFF

KAHLIL GIBRAN’S THE PROPHET plays TIFF 2014

Forget about a story for a moment, and give yourself over to poetry.

Posted on September 7, 2014September 13, 2014
reactions, TIFF

THE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA plays TIFF 2014

Takahata breathes new life into an ancient Japanese folk-talk, and leaves us wondering if he is taking a bow in the process.

Posted on September 6, 2014September 8, 2014
trailers

Dead End Friends: BOOK OF LIFE Trailer

This might be a pretty sweet year for animation.

Posted on June 11, 2014June 17, 2014
trailers

Big Red Machine: BIG HERO 6 Trailer

Is this the first animated Marvel movie?

Posted on May 28, 2014June 4, 2014
reviews

THE WIND RISES

Maestro Miyazaki decides to play one last song, and it’s a tune with tones of home.

Posted on February 23, 2014February 28, 2014
reviews

THE LEGO MOVIE

It’s come to this. A generation of man-children need to be reminded how to play nice.

Posted on February 18, 2014February 23, 2014

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