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Reason
May 2008
Matt Welch |
Soundbite: Can You Hear the People Sing? The Singing Revolution, a 90-minute documentary about Estonia's use of nationalist folk songs to defy Moscow, became the highest-grossing documentary in Estonian history and has drawn rave reviews upon its limited release in the United States.   |
Salon.com
June 22, 2000
Michael Sragow |
Great escapists "Chicken Run" creators Nick Park and Peter Lord talk about animating with emotion, Mel Gibson's patriotic rooster and finding an idea with legs, er, drumsticks. |
Home Theater
March 2008
Kris Deering |
Arthur and the Minimoys--Europa (Blu-ray Import) The animation is excellent and the voice work is quite good but it didn't make up for other shortcomings. |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
New Dimension at DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Animation is championing 3-D technology to give its future a little depth. |
Home Theater
May 2008
Kris Deering |
Bee Movie--Dreamworks Animation (Blu-ray) Although all of the comedy just wasn't really that funny, the animation in "Bee Movie" is still first-rate. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2001
Jesse Walker |
Beyond Miramax Far from Hollywood, new filmmaking communities emerge... |
Salon.com
June 2, 2000
Gregg Kilday |
The toons that won't be "King" The most successful cartoon ever made is also the worst thing that could ever happen to animation. |
Wired
February 2001
Richard Baimbridge |
Unreal World Forget pixel-perfect computer animation. Waking Life, built with Flat Black Films' rotoscoping software and directed by Richard Linklater, turns reel life into the ultimate trip... |
Reason
December 2007
Jesse Walker |
Let the Viewer Decide Indy documentarian Frederick Wiseman on free speech, complexity, and the trouble with Michael Moore. |
Salon.com
October 31, 2002
Damien Cave |
Reel world domination If young film buffs choose Tarantino over Antonioni, are they culturally illiterate? Some of their elders, self-appointed guardians of the cinematic canon, think so. |
Wired
June 2005
Robert La Franco |
The DreamWorks Machine Disney escapee Jeffrey Katzenberg knows the animation business. He also knows his toon factory can't compete with Pixar on quality. So he's making it up on volume. |
Salon.com
August 20, 2002
Uju Asika |
Black to the future Director Isaac Julien talks about "BaadAsssss Cinema," his Independent Film Channel tribute to the outrageous fashions, foot-high Afros and subversive politics of '70s blaxploitation movies. |
Linux Journal
June 5, 2007
Robin Rowe |
DreamWorks Animation "Shrek the Third": Linux Feeds an Ogre DreamWorks Animation pushes the limits of CG filmmaking with Linux. |
Fast Company
December 2005
Alan Deutschman |
Attack of the Baby Pixars Many people are trying digital animation - and trying to shoot the big studios' lights out. |
BusinessWeek
June 11, 2007
Jason Bush |
Mouse Ears Over Moscow Disney, already a force in Russia, is set to make local movies and launch a TV channel. |
Popular Mechanics
June 26, 2008
Peter Debruge |
Why Pixar Is the Apple of Hollywood Nearly everyone in the CGI industry has relied on Mac's OS for years, and these days they're mostly all using RenderMan, which has evolved at the source with each Pixar project's new functionality. |
Reason
June 2000
Kenneth Lloyd Billingsley |
Hollywood's Missing Movies Why American films have ignored life under communism. |
Salon.com
October 9, 2001
Janelle Brown |
Film to watch as we engage in war Despite strict censorship and a paucity of funds, Middle Eastern cinema illuminates the political and personal lives of people we now battle or befriend in the region... |
Wired
March 2006
Robert La Franco |
Trouble in Toontown Director Richard Linklater has a mind-blowing vision for his new Keanu Reeves movie, A Scanner Darkly. Making it a reality, however, is another story. |
Entrepreneur
January 2008
Farnoosh Torabi |
Investor's Cut Get your shot at the silver screen without setting a foot in Hollywood. |
Home Theater
March 2008
Kris Deering |
Enchanted--Walt Disney Pictures (Blu-ray) "Enchanted" is everything it is advertised to be. |
Home Theater
July 2008
Kris Deering |
Batman Gotham Knight--Warner Bros. (Blu-ray) Serious fans of the Dark Knight will probably enjoy "Batman Gotham Knight" far more than the casual fans. |
Home Theater
June 2008
Kris Deering |
The Dirty Harry Collection--Warner Bros. (Blu-ray) The A/V presentations are everything you'd want from a series like this, and the extras package gives a great insight into the production and legacy of the series. A "must own" for fans. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
Steven Cherry |
Video-Game Music: Better Than Film Scores? An interview with video-game music composer John Debney. |
Home Theater
June 2008
Kris Deering |
Be Kind Rewind--New Line (Blu-ray) The trailers for Be Kind Rewind made this film out as a bit more inventive than it turned out to be, but it still showcases Gondry's knack for storytelling and imagination. |
Home Theater
April 2008
Kris Deering |
Juno -- 20th Century Fox (Blu-ray) This Oscar nominated film gives a solid performance, but is not novel or different from many other independent films. |
BusinessWeek
October 17, 2005
Jason Bush |
Lights! Camera! Russian Movies! Rising living standards, a patriotic mood, and savvier film-making spark a revival in Russian cinema. |
Home Theater
June 2008
Kris Deering |
I'm A Cyborg--Tartan UK (Blu-ray Import) "I'm a Cyborg" is a spectacular looking HD presentation that is just short of reference quality. |
Home Theater
June 2008
Kris Deering |
Natural Born Killers--Warner Bros. (Blu-ray) Oliver Stone's controversial take on society's obsession with violence and social decay makes a strong debut on Blu-ray. |
The Motley Fool
May 2, 2005
John Reeves |
Is DreamWorks a Rule Breaker? The studio that brought us "Shrek" was second on the scene, but can it finish first? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
February 16, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Date DreamWorks, Marry Disney, Kill Viacom Investors, here are recommendations for a short-term trade (date), a long-term investment (marry), and a stock to short (kill). |
| T.H.E. Journal |
New Products: 3d Choreographer 3.0 3d Choreographer 3.0 by Animated Communications is a software animation program that features complex animation techniques that are simple enough for middle and high school students to learn. |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Back to the Drawing Board Computer animation is all the rage these days, but that may be why Disney should go back to its roots. |
