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Maniac Landscapes

By Bobby LePire | May 2019

What gives life meaning? Is it the things we have said and the actions we took while on this mortal coil? Is…

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What gives life meaning? Is it the things we have said and the actions we took while on this mortal coil? Is the purpose found by having others to remember...

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Humanity is fraught with stories of rebirth after great disasters. From artist Catya Plate comes Meeting MacGuffin, her latest stop-animation short and...

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Maureen Fan discusses how Crow: The Legend beautifully gives voice to a suppressed Native American origin story In the stunning animated short film...

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Maryam Farahzadi’s short animated film, Blue, naturally places the spotlight on feeling blue, specifically the isolated feeling that comes from being...

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As much as I love the last 10 years of Marvel films, great pains have been made to remove uniquely comic book elements of our heroes and stories in order...

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There are a surprising number of family movies that center on the spookiest of holidays, Halloween. Perhaps that is because the season of witches and...

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The only thing I knew about Liz and the Blue Bird going in was that it was an anime. Back in the Netflix DVDs days, I was a huge anime fan. I’d put in...

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It’s rare that a single evening’s shenanigans are so batshit insane that when it ends you are relieved that it’s done, but also equally disappointed...

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