Joel Moss Levinson donned as a Penguin in one of his previous video projects. Sorry for the very late post this week. Our place was down with the flu, which we became “the flew” as we traveled by plane to visit family. If you’ve never travelled sick, y…
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Article by Caresse Singh. The night started off with Bill Plympton’s experiment in international collaboration “Guard Dog Global Jam.” Based on Plympton’s own “Guard Dog” (which earned him an Oscar…
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Article written by Tristian K. Goik. A few days ago, the Museum of Moving Image reopened its doors to the public, after an extensive renovation. It would be easiest to…
DetailsHere’s a new event for this week: Join Kodak for the annual Focus On Animation Event. The animated shorts will include a sneak preview of “Grandpa Looked Like William Powell”…
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I’m far from alone in being fascinated with Bill Plympton’s films and career. Trying to describe his impact, John R. Dilworth once said, “Is he not our God?” But, since I’ve got a whole blog post to fill, I’ll try and say it in more words than that. Wh…
DetailsJust a quick note to say THANKS for coming out on Wednesday night to our Post Holiday Party!! It was a huge success and we had an amazing turnout. I’m…
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Don’t forget! Tomorrow evening is our Post-Holiday Party at Gonzalez y Gonzalez!!! Toast in the new year with old friends and new ones. It’s going to be a fun one!!…
DetailsAbove still from Sylvan Chomet’s The Illusionist. An animated film about adult relationships made for a thinking audience. During the day of the blizzard, Debbie and I went to the Paris Theatre to see Sylvan Chomet’s “The Illusionist.” At the film’s en…
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Article by Emmett Goodman. ASIFA-East’s last event of the year turned out to be a pretty optimistic one. We enjoyed ourselves in the company of Mario Menjivar, a former Disney…
DetailsFilm review by Tristian Goik. Summer Wars is the latest anime in a long line of animation from Japan that has its roots in the Fat Man and Little Boy. …
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