Tag Archives: animation movies

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

Posted on January 26, 2023 by admin

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 →

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

Posted on May 15, 2022 by admin

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 →

Posted in animation, movies | Tagged animation, animation movies, Ari Folman, Radu Captari, Radu Jude, Romanian cinema, Stian Vagen Nielsen, Valentin Urziceanu | Leave a comment

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

Posted on February 3, 2019 by admin

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 →

Posted in animation | Tagged animation, animation movies, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Leave a comment

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

Posted on September 15, 2018 by admin

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 →

Posted in animation, movies | Tagged animation movies, Isle of Dogs, Wes Anderson | Leave a comment

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

Posted on January 15, 2016 by admin

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 →

Posted in animation, movies | Tagged animation, animation movies, Anomalisa, Charlie Kaufman | Leave a comment

an amazing technical achievement (Film: The Adventures of Tintin – Steven Spielberg, 2011)

Posted on February 9, 2014 by admin

Having made some of the best and some of the most successful movies in the history of film making, Steven Spielberg has nothing to prove to anyone but himself. He is the complete master of the subjects and themes, genres … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged Andrew L. Jones, animation movies, Jeff Wisniewski, movies, Steven Spielberg, The Adventures of Tintin | Leave a comment

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

Posted on December 21, 2013 by admin

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 →

Posted in animation, movies | Tagged animation, animation movies, Fritz the Cat, Ralph Bakshi, Robert Crumb | Leave a comment

an original mix (Film: $9.99 – Tatia Rosenthal, 2008)

Posted on December 13, 2013 by admin

$9.99 is a very special kind of film. It combines a very classic style of animation called ‘stop-motion’ which I remember being used since the 60s in the East-European animation movies with modern and realistic setting, all based on a … Continue reading →

Posted in movies | Tagged animation movies, Etgar Keret, Geoffrey Rush, movies, Samuel L. Jackson, Tatia Rosenthal | Leave a comment