Life of the Party

If you are looking for a gift for someone this Christmas or just in the mood to buy something for yourself, my number one choice (and …

Sundance Shorts Line-Up Announced

The Sundance Film Festival announced today their short film selections for the 2009 festival which runs January 15-25 in Park City, Utah. …

Money Matters

As our financial markets continue to meltdown and our currency is in flux (I recently found myself staring blankly at a $14 Whopper at …

Fredrikstad Animation Festival

If you’re in Norway this week, I hope to see you at the Fredrikstad Animation Festival, which takes place this Wednesday through Sunday. …

Looney Tombs

Editor’s Note: Welcome to the first post by award-winning filmmaker and regular Guest Brewer Pes. Recently I’ve been spending a lot of …

‘Western Spaghetti’ by PES

Western Spaghetti, the latest stop-motion short from director PES, has been posted onto his website EatPes.com. The film was animated by …

Holiday Gift Ideas: The Fireplace by PES

New Yorkers have enjoyed their live-action Yule log TV program for decades, but now every home in America can have a roaring animated …

Platform Snaps

I’ll share my thoughts on the Platform festival in a bit, but first, a few snaps from this past week. As you can probably tell from these …

PES Spot for Sneaux

I’m still waiting for PES to produce a piece of animation that disappoints me. Hasn’t happened yet. PES has the uncanny ability to take …

ANIMATION IN PRINT

One of the unlikeliest sources for quality animation writing nowadays is PRINT MAGAZINE. Their September/October issue had two smart …

TV Commercial Roundup

Here’s a few recent animated TV spots that have caught my attention: Orange “Kids” – “Spot 1” | “Spot 2”: These spots for European …

TONIGHT IN LA: PES AT RES

LA’s monthly RES MAGAZINE screening is tonight, August 2. This month’s program has a lot of animation in it, with the main feature being …

The Animation Show Is back

Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt’s THE ANIMATION SHOW is back for a second edition, and it’s another fine film line-up. They recently …

NY DISPATCH #3

I’m back from NY. The last week of the trip was unbelievably nuts, including a final stretch of 36 hours without sleep. Upon arrival in …

Pes-tastic

Genius or stupidity? That’s what was going through my mind when I saw Pes’ film ROOF SEX last month, which you can see online HERE. Now …

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