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‘Flow’ Filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis on His Animated Feature Following the Journey of a Cat (Video Interview)

It’s likely that you’ve never seen an animated feature film quite like Latvian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis’ Flow, a wordless film that follows the journey of a cat as it first tries to escape a pack of dogs, and then ends up working with a variety of animals to try to survive a massive flood.  Having…

‘Robot Dreams’: Exclusive Video Interview with Director Pablo Berger on the Academy Nominated Film

Check out more of CinemaDaily US’ video interviews on our YouTube channel In a world where the major studios are cranking out animated movies right and left, it’s quite a joy when an animated film like Pablo Berger’s Robot Dreams shows up unexpected among the Oscar-nominated animated features at the Academy Awards. Of course, Miyazaki’s…

“Robot Dreams’ Review: A Moving Ballad About What Life Is

@Courtesy of NEON After receiving a prestigious (and unexpected) nomination as Best Animated Feature Film at the 2023 Academy Awards, Robot Dreams by the Spanish director Pablo Berger arrives in American theaters demonstrating once again a basic lesson: less is more. Achieving such complexity, depth, and emotional precision through a story developed with extreme simplicity…

Stamped from the Beginning/ An Informative Chronicle of Racism in America

People are prone to prejudice, to latch on to beliefs they may have about a particular person or group and apply them broadly. In most cases, there is little basis to these preconceived notions, and they can be incredibly damaging. But there is a reason they exist, because stereotypes are perpetuated by those who wish…

‘The Boy and the Heron’ : Film Review – Another Mesmerizing Journey from Hayao Miyazaki

There are few animators with quite the same reputation as Hayao Miyazaki. The Japanese legend has been working for over half a century and, despite multiple claims from the man himself of previous films being his last, he continues to churn out incredible content at the age of eighty-two. The 2014 Honorary Oscar winner has…

‘The Boy and the Heron’ May Not Be Miyazaki’s Swan Song

@Hayao Miyazaki  “The Boy and the Heron” may not be Hayao Miyazaki’s swan song after all, suggests Junichi Nishioka, the vice president of Studio Ghibli. Miyazaki has already been pitching new ideas to his colleagues, according to Nishioka. The news came via an interview with Eli Glasner at the Toronto International Film Festival, where “The…

‘Snow White’ To Debut in March 2024 Amidst a Blizzard of Controversy

Disney’s long awaited live-action version of Snow White, directed by Marc Webb, is scheduled to hit the screens next March 22, some four score and seven years after the original animation was released in 1937. Rachel Zegler will star as Ms. White in the remake, while her nemesis, the Evil Queen, will be played by…

Exclusive Video Interview: Director Jason Loftus on Canada’s Oscar Submission, Animated Documentary ‘Eternal Spring’

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Eternal Spring takes a deeply creative approach to framing and sharing the history it covers, involving renowned comic book illustrator Daxiong in channeling painful memories of government suppression in China. Daxiong explores his own connections to the banned Falun Gong faith as vivid animation…

Charlotte, Depicts The Healing Power Of Art

The animated biopic directed by Erin Warin and Tahir Rana follows the coming-of-age of artist Charlotte Salomon throughout the Second World War. Charlotte portrays how a young woman finds refuge in her craft, as she defies all odds to create her timeless chef-d’œuvre. Charlotte Salomon was a young German-Jewish painter who had to flee from…

Film Review – ‘Poupelle of Chimney Town’ is One of the Best Animated Films of the Year

Walls and borders can have different effects on people. In some cases, they are boundaries that must be respected and enable those within them to appreciate that which they have with contentment. In others, it instills a yearning to see what else must be out there, which may manifest into a rebellious spirit that demands…

14 French Films To Celebrate Bastille Day

Bastille Day is the French celebration that marks the moment in history when the people uprose against the aristocracy; this revolutionary act led to the proclamation of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. Despite it being a quintessentially francophone feast it is heartfelt all over the world, even in the…