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An Animated Discussion: The Sun Speaks with Filmmaker Chris Sullivan

Arielle Cruz  —  Apr 2, 2013

Sullivan's dark and surprisingly real animated film is entrancing. As The New York Times put it, “You have never seen anything like it.” 

An Ode to Animation

Arielle Cruz  —  Feb 5, 2013

 Arielle Cruz '15 discusses the results of the 2012 Annie Awards and her love of animation. 

Brave and Beautiful

Zachary Zahos  —  Jul 3, 2012

Arts and Entertainment Editor Zachary Zahos '15 reviews Pixar's latest masterpiece, Brave, a triumph of animation, entertainment and profound storytelling.

Arietty Asserts Animation's Potential

Colin Chan  —  Mar 2, 2012

Colin Chan '14 reviews Arietty, the latest animated achievement from Studio Ghibli. 

The Uncanny Valley

Julia Moser  —  Jan 23, 2012

Julia Moser '15 rants 

The Illusion of Simplicity

Fiona Modrak  —  May 3, 2011

Chomet's The Illusionist harkens back to old school animated features.

The (Detached) Adventures of Rango

Fiona Modrak  —  Mar 18, 2011

Rango may look pretty, but, like many cute sorority girls, it lacks cohesion.

More Than Just Animation

Graham Corrigan  —  Feb 15, 2011

Graham Corrigan sits down with Oscar-nominated animator Bill Plympton to discuss his latest film, Idiots and Angels, as well as his collaboration with music legend Tom Waits.

Meta-ironic? ... Get Serious

Naushad Kabir  —  Mar 8, 2010

Anyone who had the misfortune of suffering through the latest hour-long Family Guy special “Something Something Something Dark Side” already knows what’s coming in the form of a diatribe. The same critiques of the animated show that the South Park creators so poignantly nailed to their irreverent crosshairs continue to ring true.

Your Characters Are Numbered: 9 Disappoints

Roger Strang  —  Sep 18, 2009

There are lots of reasons to be excited about the silver screen right now in Ithaca: Cornell Cinema is firing on all cylinders; cutsie romantic comedies and more sophisticated offerings are available at Cinemapolis; dark thinkers, bloody battles and uplifting idiotics are rotating with astonishing speed through Regal Cinemas. Certain constraints however limit us from jetting off to every movie that perks our interest, and most of the time those choices can be made based on the actors — how many Brad Pitts and Johnny Depps, Julia Roberts and Natalie Portmans does it have? How many does it have to be?

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