From an animation by Richard Williams to George C. Scott as Scrooge to the Muppets, there are countless variations on Charles Dickens’s classic.
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An Elderly Painter Rediscovers His Passion in a Moving Animated Short
Canvas shows how art can connect different generations.
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Celebrate Hanukkah With Films That Center Jewish Narratives
From the Coen Brother’s take on the Jewish-American experience, to a rabbi’s talking cat, stream these films during the holiday.
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Bright, Intimate Animations Relay Letters From Prison
The diaristic animations offer portraits of people grappling with their pasts, the weight of trauma, and the need for love.
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Light Up Your Family’s Winter With These Animated Shorts
The 2020 Best of BAMkids Film Festival presents a program of charming shorts.
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A Bleakly Funny Vision of the Future With Clones and Time Travel
The latest installment of indie animator Don Hertzfeldt’s World of Tomorrow series expands its bleakly funny vision of the future.
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A Brutally Simple Tale of Primeval Survival
Master animator Genndy Tartakovsky pares the action genre down to its purest elements in Primal.
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Get Official Studio Ghibli Images for Your Desktop Wallpaper, Posters, and More
The beloved anime studio is making hundreds of high-resolution frames from its films available for download.
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Feel-Good Animations That Offer a Break From Reality
E-Motionø Support Group, an online group show curated by Lauren Powell, showcases animations by 39 artists “to help you feel better.”
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An Animated Horror Film Dredges a Disturbing Chilean History
The Wolf House is thick with layered references to Chile’s repression under Pinochet, but it’s not necessary to understand any of them to get the full brunt of its terrifying, intricately animated imagery.
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Wondrous Animations Made of Quilts, Glass, and Found Objects
Jodie Mack uses materials like no other animator. Now, many of her films are available to the public for the first time.
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Looking Back at Miyazaki’s Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro on Its 40th Anniversary
Released 40 years ago this Sunday, Cagliostro established Miyazaki as a notable talent. Much like his latest film, The Wind Rises, it reflects the director’s changing attitudes towards the animation industry.