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‘Zootopia’ Takes Six Annie Awards Honors Including Best Animated Feature

February 5, 2017 5:50 am

The industry's animators have spoken and their endorsement on the theatrical side of the business is clearly for Walt Disney Animated Studios' "Zootopia." The critically acclaimed Oscar frontrunner took six Ann...

Animated ‘The Red Turtle’ Is Poetry Made Cinema & An Exquisite Existential Allegory [Review]

Andrew Crump

January 19, 2017 5:14 pm

Reviews

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A lot can happen in an hour and twenty minutes. A man can be shipwrecked and left alive but stranded on the shores of an uninhabited island; he can accept his fate, fall unexpectedly in love with a mysterious w...

The 11 Best Animated Movies Of 2016

Drew Taylor and Jessica Kiang

January 4, 2017 12:22 pm

Features

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Among so much 2016 coverage, we're particularly proud of our collective Best Films of 2016 feature, but we do realize its paucity in one area: animation. Only one animated film made it onto the list, and that d...

10 Films To See In January

Erik McClanahan

January 3, 2017 11:24 am

Features

Happy new year dear Playlist readers (or: how I learned to stop worrying and try to forget that 2016 ever happened). As we move forward in these crazy times, we look to the movies for not just entertainment, bu...

Gregory Ellwood’s Top 10 Movies of 2016: ‘Moonlight,’ ‘Personal Shopper,’ ‘Rogue One’

Gregory Ellwood

December 19, 2016 5:26 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

2016 needs to end for so many reasons. Frankly, I’m not convinced 2017 will actually be better, but at least there is always the hope great new movies will distract us from the authoritarian government that is ...

‘Moonlight’ Wins Best Film And Best Director From Los Angeles Film Critics Association

Gregory Ellwood

December 4, 2016 5:29 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association announced their 2016 year-end awards and "Moonlight" won Best Picture with Barry Jenkins taking Best Director. "La La Land," which won the top prize from the New York Fi...

‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ Surprises As ‘Zootopia’ Dominates 44th Annie Awards Nominations

Gregory Ellwood

November 28, 2016 6:32 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

The International Animated Film Society announced the nominations for the 44th Annie Awards this morning and there some unexpected surprises among the nominees. DreamWorks Animations' "Kung Fu Panda 3" was a...

2017 Best Animated Feature Film Oscar Predictions

Gregory Ellwood

November 22, 2016 2:51 am

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

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Prediction based on nominations NOMINEES 1. “Zootopia” 2. “Kubo and the Two Strings” 3. “Moana” 4. “The Red Turtle” 5. “My Life as a Zucchini” PREVIOUS CONTENDERS (for historical context) “The Litt...

‘Zootopia’ And ‘Sausage Party’ Among Record Number of Films In Animated Feature Oscar Race

Gregory Ellwood

November 11, 2016 2:17 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a record 27 film submissions for the Best Animated Picture Oscar and, as expected, it looks like a very competitive race even for a nomination. This...

TIFF’s 2016 Discovery Lineup Features Films By The Next Wave Of Great Directors

Kevin Jagernauth

August 23, 2016 9:45 am

News

While the conversation during fall film festival season tends to be dominated by the Oscars, and which pictures are poised for awards glory, one of the most important roles that Venice, Telluride, Toronto and N...

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