Daniel Walber

Saturday Morning Cartoon: The Ten Creepiest Animated Shorts You Can Watch Online Right Now

Alma, by Rodrigo BlaasHappy Halloween! Or, rather, Happy Morning-After-Halloween! There’s nothing better to cure a candy hangover than cartoons. In honor… Read More

Saturday Morning Cartoon: ‘The Book of Life’ Director Jorge Gutierrez’s Charmingly Morbid Debut…

Saturday Morning Cartoon: ‘The Book of Life’ Director Jorge Gutierrez’s Charmingly Morbid Debut ShortVimeo ScreenshotJorge R. Gutierrez, as it turns out,… Read More

Saturday Morning Cartoon: The Punny Charms of ‘Count Duckula’

Cosgrove Hall FilmsDracula Untold was out last weekend, starring burgeoning (maybe?) Hollywood talent Luke Evans as the title vampire. Or, rather,… Read More

NYFF 2014: ‘The Princess of France’ Is an Enchanting, Breathless Riff on Shakespeare

The Cinema GuildOnce upon a time actors were outcasts, in the category of criminals and prostitutes. To be an actor was… Read More

NYFF 2014: ‘Eden’ Is a Beautifully Flighty Imagined Chronicle of French Electronic Dance Music

Broad Green PicturesEden is a film about passion, at least at first. It’s about youth and the thrill of finding community… Read More

‘Saint Laurent’ is a Luxurious, Seductive Masterpiece

From the 2014 New York Film Festival, we review Bertrand Bonello’s biopic starring Gaspard Ulliel as the titular fashion designer. Read More

Saturday Morning Cartoon: On the Eve of NYFF’s ‘The King and the Mockingbird,’ Watch an Early Short…

Saturday Morning Cartoon: On the Eve of NYFF’s ‘The King and the Mockingbird,’ Watch an Early Short by Paul GrimaultThe King… Read More

NYFF 2014: ‘Misunderstood’ Is a Cackling, Confident Tale of Troubled Youth

Film Society of Lincoln CenterMisunderstood is a magnificently angry film. One can glean as much from the title, a potential evocation… Read More

Saturday Morning Cartoon: Watch Laika Studios’ First and Only Short Film

Laika StudiosLaika is an animation studio in the ascendant. Both Coraline and ParaNorman, their first two features, were financially successful… Read More