Selected Shorts: Mickey Mouse in THE MAD DOCTOR
Disney shorts were, for the most part, better crafted but safer and staider than the…
Selected Shorts: POPEYE
1933 was also the year the Flesichers introduced their biggest hit with their long-running adaptation…
Selected Shorts: More BETTIES
My assessment of the Fleischers as overrated earlier might seem harsh, but sampling five of…
Selected Shorts: SNOW WHITE
Snow White is a mind-boggling film…When Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel created Un Chien Andalou…
Year of the Month: Tom “Vomas” Morton on THE PINCHCLIFFE GRAND PRIX
It’s always fascinating to me when I learn about a film that has huge cultural…
Lunch Links: REJECTED – with commentary
Rejected – with text commentary (2000, commentary added cir. 2011) dir. Don Hertzfeldt Today seemed…
Year of the Month: Persia on DAISY TOWN
When I was young, I read every Asterix the Gaul book I could get my…
Year of the Month: Haley Ioppini on KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE
Kiki’s Delivery Service is a movie I will always associate with change. I first saw…
Disney in Transition: THE LITTLE MERMAID
In 1937, Disney graduated from shorts to features with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.…
Year of the Month: Haley Ioppini on DESPICABLE ME
In the summer of 2013, college buddies Haley Ioppini and Mary Alice Wintz needed something…