YouTube ScreenshotOsamu Tezuka is hard to over-hype. Certainly the most influential animator in Japanese history and among the most significant… Read More
Rocks in My Pockets is a rare commodity, a stellar example of something we rarely get to see: animation for… Read More
Belle and Sebastian/Lesley Barnes animation/Rough Trade RecordsStuart Murdoch, lead singer and songwriter of Belle and Sebastian, has directed a movie. It… Read More
Drafthouse FilmsThis weekend sees the release of The Congress, from visionary director Ari Folman. It’s the Israeli filmmaker’s first feature… Read More
Sony Pictures ClassicsLove Is Strange is a movie about, well, love. It’s about the love shared by its central couple, George… Read More
Warner Bros.Tomorrow, August 24th, is the 75th birthday of Andy Panda. How are you going to celebrate?I am obviously kidding.… Read More
Sony Pictures ClassicsThe New York City skyline is one of the tired titans of American imagery. To put it more charitably,… Read More
Cohen Media GroupA second feature is often about risk. Cherien Dabis’s first film, Amreeka, is an almost archetypal example of the… Read More
ScreencapIt is not the best week for a movie called Let’s Be Cops to open. 20th Century Fox didn’t know… Read More