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Absolute Denial

By Richard Schertzer | December 2022

Writer-director Ryan Braund’s Absolute Denial is a hand-drawn showcase of cinema that proves to be a rousing look at A.I., computers, loneliness, genius, and…

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Writer-director Ryan Braund's Absolute Denial is a hand-drawn showcase of cinema that proves to be a rousing look at A.I., computers, loneliness, genius,...

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BARELY IN THEATERS! The worst crime of Strange World is that it's boring. I'm not too bothered by its attempt at checking off every diversity and...

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In his short film La Calesita, Argentinian animator Augusto Schillaci pays tribute to the carousel operators who dedicated their lives to making children...

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Immigration remains a tricky issue. Even with a change in U.S. leadership in 2020, nothing has changed. Filmmakers Constanza and Domenica Castro show the...

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Animated jungle adventures have been a thing since 1967's The Jungle Book. However, tales of animals and humans cavorting in the rainforests of Asia have...

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Just my opinion... I think what we are doing to the land is far worse than what we're doing to the sky. Joanna Kozuch's animated tale, Once There Was a...

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The animated short Canary is a simple story with significant meaning. A metal, clunky coal operation sits in a beautiful, serene high-mountain valley....

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We were never meant to face this trying world alone. Writer-director Jan Gadermann's animated short, Laika & Nemo, shows the true power of friendship...

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We've talked a lot lately about the general thirst for telling new stories and how Hollywood continues to rehash the same plot over and over again. As an...

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Animation has always been a mode of storytelling that could reflect real themes in an abstract and distinctive manner, often in a way that live-action...

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