'Moonrise Kingdom' Animated Books: Here's Wes Anderson's 'Reading Rainbow'
Further evidence Bob Balaban definitely needs his own PBS children's program, here's a Moonrise Kingdom companion piece in which Balaban introduces animated sequences depicting fictional kids' books from the film, as read by young co-star Kara Hayward. LeVar Burton should definitely feel threatened.
What a busy little twee Wes Anderson has been lately. Though he hasn't premiered a new film since 2009, he soon will with Moonrise Kingdom in May, and last month an ad he directed for Hyundai made the Oscars telecast slightly more bearable/symmetrical. And now, since he's got t... / Continue →
The new year is upon us, and to ring in 2013, Michel Gondry decided to do more than just his usual dropping of a tinfoil ball and uncorking of a foamy bottle of cotton batting and half-remembered dreams. This year, the director has wished us a happy new year with a new animated... / Continue →
Written and directed by Christopher Kezelos, The Maker is a charming little five-minute short about a toothy, f-hole-headed creature who "races against time to make the most important and beautiful creation of his life." I won't spoil what "the most important and beautiful crea... / Continue →
