Flight Patterns by Charlie McCarthy
Nature is an experimental animator. This is a video of long-exposure photos of bugs moving under a street light. While the process is not …
Amid Amidi
Fantastic Mr. Fox Trailer
Trailer is out today for Wes Anderson’s first animated feature Fantastic Mr. Fox. Maybe it’s just me, but the dialogue delivery sounds …
Why Is Foghorn Leghorn Racist?
How did we ever manage to answer these burning animation history questions before the existence of Yahoo! Answers?
Born Under Fire, Documentary about War in Colombia
Powerful trailer for Born Under Fire, a documentary about the on-going war conflict in Colombia that uses voices from children who have …
Mary Blair Exhibit at Tokyo’s Museum of Contemporary Art
“The Colors of Mary Blair” is a major new exhibit of Mary Blair’s artwork that has opened at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Tokyo, …
Happy Birthday, Bud Luckey!
As a change of pace, here’s some happy news about a veteran animation artist: today is Bud Luckey’s 75th birthday. Luckey’s career …
Vance Gerry Tribute Blog
Story artist Ed Gombert has started a blog dedicated to the work of Disney storyman Vance Gerry, who passed away in 2005. Gombert writes …
Ice Age Enters Record Books
A fact that took me by surprise: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is now the fifth-highest grossing animated feature of all-time at the …
Harry Potter and the Office of Unemployment
I haven’t seen a new piece of animation by stop-motion animator Corky Quackenbush in what seems like forever, so I was pleasantly …
A New Episode of Simon’s Cat
“Fly Day” is the latest episode of Simon’s Cat by Simon Tofield, a UK-based director on the Tandem Films roster. It’s refreshing to see …
Boris Gorelick Circus Mural on eBay
I don’t post links to eBay items frequently, but I can’t resist pointing out this huge, stunning Fifties silkscreen mural by Boris …
Miyazaki’s Quiet Protest of the Iraq War
Hayao Miyazaki didn’t come to the United States in 2003 to accept his Oscar for Spirited Away because of his opposition to the Iraq War, …
2-D Lovers of Another Kind
It seems only appropriate to wrap up Comic-Con weekend with this New York Times article about Japanese men who have long-term …
THIS WEEKEND IN BROOKLYN: Animation Block Party
The sixth annual edition of Animation Block Party runs this weekend in Brooklyn. The event is the closest thing there is to an animation …
Jam by Mirai Mizue
Another one of my memorable finds at the Anima Mundi festival is Jam by Japanese artist Mirai Mizue. The short, which can be viewed HERE, …
Mon Chinois by Cédric Villain
I’m having an unforgettably fantastic time at Anima Mundi in Brazil. One of the films that picked up an award at the festival is Mon …
U2 Music Video by David OReilly
David OReilly is a name that requires little introduction on the Brew. His new video for U2’s “I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight” …
Max Weintraub
Whether it’s the elegant animated navigation of his Flash portfolio site or the visually adventurous commercials and promos on his reel, …
“Tetragram for Enlargement” by Apparati Effimeri
There has been a lot of growth in site-specific animation over the past few years, and artists like Blu and Pablo Valbuena are finding …
‘Peripetics’ by Zeitguised
Peripetics is a fantastic experimental CG short. The “piece in six acts” was made by London-based Zeitguised for the opening exhibition …
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