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Suzan Pitt, One of Animation’s Most Imaginative Minds

Avatar photo by Madeleine Collier September 18, 2019September 18, 2019

To commemorate the abrupt passing of the trailblazing animator, Spectacle Theater offers audiences a glimmering portal into the filmmaker’s handcrafted worlds.

Posted inFilm

Signs of Chinese Animation’s Resurgence

Avatar photo by Christopher Lee Inoa September 12, 2019September 12, 2019

This romantic fantasy shows that while Chinese animation still has a long way to go, it is continuing to make progress after decades of lagging behind in relevance.

Posted inArt

Modern Fables for a Dystopian World

Avatar photo by Maria Cynkier September 9, 2019September 10, 2019

Wong Ping’s animated films present human and animal characters as psychologically complex, as well as fallible and unable to fully control their lives and desires.

Posted inArt

Remembering Richard Williams, the World’s Greatest Animator

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel August 20, 2019

The genius behind Roger Rabbit and The Thief and the Cobbler brought an unprecedented three-dimensional feeling to traditional animation.

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The Breathtakingly Subtle Moments in Kyoto Animation’s Films

by Willow Catelyn Maclay July 29, 2019July 29, 2019

No terrorist attack could diminish the deeply personal work of Kyoto Animation, a firm that has always championed the sophisticated storytelling of its women animators.

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A Tribute to the Millions of Lives Destroyed in the Cambodian Genocide

Avatar photo by Christopher Lee Inoa July 4, 2019July 4, 2019

Filmmaker Denis Do used interviews with his mother to craft the animated film Funan, an affecting portrait of a family swept up in the brutal Khmer Rouge regime.

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An Animated Teaching Tool That Breaks Down How Criticism and Ideology Work

Avatar photo by Laura Raicovich June 18, 2019August 30, 2019

“(Some of) The Mechanics of Critique” is an instructional video by Lisi Raskin that unpacks how Enlightenment Era philosophies and epistemologies affect how we engage with the world around us.

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Hidden Animated Gems You Can Stream This Month

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel June 5, 2019June 4, 2019

For this month’s streaming recommendations, we’ve gathered a selection of animated films, many of which are out of print and only available online.

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A Hand-Painted Animation Tells a Moving Story About Depression

Avatar photo by Jennifer Remenchik April 24, 2019

Suzan Pitt’s Joy Street is strikingly unpretentious and emotionally frank — refreshing in an art world that is often emotionally detached and intellectually cool.

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A Feminist Animation Festival Launches in Los Angeles

by Matt Stromberg May 16, 2018May 15, 2018

The Association of Hysteric Curators has organized the Soft Bytes animation festival, featuring the work of dozens of artists.

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Remembering Studio Ghibli Co-Founder Isao Takahata, Who Imbued Animation with Emotion

Avatar photo by Dan Schindel April 13, 2018

Takahata’s genius lay in his effortless ability to portray the mundane — something not often associated with the motion-focused energy of animation.

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This Year’s Oscar-Nominated Shorts Are Slam Dunks

by Jon Hogan February 15, 2018March 5, 2018

From a film on basketball legend Kobe Bryant to an adaptation of Roald Dahl poems, this is the first crop of nominees in many years without a single dud. 

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