From France, here’s an omnibus film on a theme of fear animated almost entirely in black and white by six renowned graphic artists and comic illustrators. As is often the case with multi-story films this one is hit and miss, but the segments that work make it worth seeing, particularly for animation fans.
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Anne Thompson reported yesterday that managing editor and film festivals editor Kim Voynar is bolting her post at Cinematical leaving another gaping hole in a website that has steadily gone downhill since being purchased by Internet satan AOL.
Though Kim is careful to point out on her own blog that her departure has nothing to do [...]

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On the set of Coraline (David Strick)
One of the last cool things the LA Times does is its Hollywood Backlot feature that consists of behind-the-scenes photographs from Hollywood photographer David Strick. It almost makes up for ghastly Elizabeth Snead. Not quite, but almost.
This week, Strick takes a look at Henry (The Nightmare Before Christmas) Selick’s stop-motion animated [...]

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