Category Archives: animation

life? or theatre? (animation film: Charlotte – Tahir Rana & Éric Warin, 2021)

The International Holocaust Remembrance Day events gave me the opportunity to see, at an event organized by the French Cultural Institute, a film I was planning to watch for a while but somehow missed last year when it was released … Continue reading

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a boy with a guitar in the war-torn Europe (film: Merge si-asa – regia Valentin Urziceanu, 2022)

With ‘Merge și-asa’ (the aproximate translation would be ‘It Works, Kind Of’), the team led by director and screenwriter Valentin Urziceanu boldly steps into a cinematic genre in which Romanian cinema has very little tradition and experience – feature film … Continue reading

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animated realism (film: Tehran Taboo – Ali Soozandeh, 2017)

‘Tehran Taboo‘ is a film that could not have been made in Iran today. Its creator, film director and animator Ali Soozandeh lives in exile, and the film was made in Germany and Austria in 2017. The action takes place … Continue reading

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sparkling and dusty at the same time (animation film: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, 2018)

I do not have the habit of apologizing for my guilty pleasures, and I will not do it this time either. From time to time I love to watch animation movies. I do it not only for the nostalgia of … Continue reading

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can dogs disappoint? (Film: Isle of Dogs – Wes Anderson, 2018)

I had all the good reasons to have great expectations from ‘Isle of Dogs‘. First, it’s a movie about dogs. Second, it’s animation and the trailer looked great (including the dogs). Third, it’s set in Japan, a country I love … Continue reading

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an immersing visual experience (Animated Film: Loving Vincent – Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, 2017)

The art of animated films does not cease to amaze. Certainly, much of the progress in the last quarter of century came from computer graphics and its derivatives, as the resolution and flexibility of the digital tools push the edge … Continue reading

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smart and sad, apparently simple (Film: Anomalisa – Charlie Kaufman, 2015)

I expect something different, something smart, something deep, each time I am seeing a film written or (lately) directed by Charlie Kaufman. Many of his films are not one-time experiences, the second or later viewing brings new understanding and discovers … Continue reading

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the cat of a generation (animated film: Fritz the Cat – Ralph Bakshi, 1972)

Having spent the 70s in Romania and missed much of the cultural fresh air, I am in a continuous process of recovering some of my lost time. Music was the only form of art which crossed the Iron Curtain thanks … Continue reading

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