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Author: Ari Howorth

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Animation Is Film Festival Stays Strong In Third Year

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 Ari HoworthComments Off on Animation Is Film Festival Stays Strong In Third Year

Rounding up the show’s successes and reviewing a handful of its films in miniature, including Makoto Shinkai’s ‘Weathering With You.’

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Mamoru Hosoda’s ‘Mirai’ Finds the Magic in Simplicity

November 12, 2018May 6, 2019 Ari HoworthComments Off on Mamoru Hosoda’s ‘Mirai’ Finds the Magic in Simplicity

The film’s singular focus creates a profound meditation on the responsibility that family demands and the little decisions that make up the tapestry of life.

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Animation Is Film Festival Keeps On Keeping On

November 8, 2018May 6, 2019 Ari HoworthComments Off on Animation Is Film Festival Keeps On Keeping On

From exciting new releases to special anniversary screenings, the lineup was teeming with potential.

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Canis Lupus Excelcius: The Badass Anime About Wolves You Should Watch Right Now

By Eric Vilas-Boas

A brief recommendation for a show about wolves.

The Directors of ’Birdboy: The Forgotten Children’ Strike a Grim Balance

By Sam Reynolds

Alberto Vásquez and Pedro Rivero on dark and light, black and red, and adapting your own graphic novel.

The Grinch’s Untold and Tragic Origin

By Rob Ryan

Told in verse through the eyes of the Grinch's loyal dog Max, here, in honor of the beloved holiday special's 50th anniversary, is the story behind the story of 'Why the Grinch Stole Christmas.'

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Here’s Your Chance to Talk With the ‘Tuca & Bertie’ Team About Mental Health

By Sammy Nickalls

The delightful, surreal, quirky animated show is hosting a Twitter chat with one of The Dot and Line’s own.

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The Big ‘BoJack Horseman’ Broadway Number, Explained

By RoAnna Sylver

A musical theater lover’s look at the song that makes this season’s penultimate episode so powerful.

‘F/sn:UBW’ FTW

By John Maher

Wtf? Wym, wtf? 'F/sn:UBW' ftw! Smdh.

A Beer Here, a Page There: D+L Talks with Moe Szyslak

By Michael J. Seidlinger

You know him as Moe's Tavern's bitter bartender. But do you know his writing? The Dot and Line sits down with Moe Szyslak so he can tell it to us straight.

‘Moral Orel’ Still Shreds Trump and the Christian Right

By John Maher

Religious hypocrisy, patriarchal abuse, fetishization of violence. Orel is the American Christian, and he’s more screwed than ever.

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