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Sometimes All a Cartoon Needs Is Just One Minute

March 31, 2020March 30, 2022 John MaherComments Off on Sometimes All a Cartoon Needs Is Just One Minute

Satoshi Kon’s films are master classes in cinematic editing, and his final work, the minute-long short film ‘Ohayo,’ is no exception.

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‘Borrowed Time’ Will Leave You Inconsolable

October 19, 2016December 29, 2019 John MaherComments Off on ‘Borrowed Time’ Will Leave You Inconsolable

Borrow six minutes of dusty sadness from this tremendous short.

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By Elly Belle

Two decades later, the film is still rich with poignant lessons—and with Vin Diesel's career-best performance.

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How They Made the Music in ‘Samurai Jack’ So Spacious and Spacey

By Eric Vilas-Boas

With news of a new 'Samurai Jack' video game coming out, let's revisit one of the show's most consistent elements.

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20 Years Later, ‘Family Guy’ Feels Largely Forgettable

By Jack McKean

What may have felt freeing in 1999 feels lazy and unhinged now.

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What Would Maes Hughes Do?

By Eric Vilas-Boas

An incomplete list.

An Ode to ‘Up’ a Decade After It Broke Our Hearts

By Isabel Galwey

A personal reflection on Pixar's most poignant tearjerker, 10 years after it came out.

The Questing Beast in Arthur Rackham's illustration for Alfred W. Pollard's 'The Romance of King Arthur' (1917). (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Giveth Sir Palamedes and the Questing Beast an Animated Series, Thou Churls!

By John Maher

Hark, thou televisual and cinematic executive knaves! I ask thee: whither the Questing Beast!?

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‘Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse’ Snags the Oscar

By Eric Vilas-Boas

For once, the Academy got it right.

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