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Nimona: Controversial, Yet Awesome Possum

A controversial movie take? Well, seeing as I love animation, let's begin there. When I think about all the movies I have seen, and there's been plenty for sure. I think about the ones that stick in your mind. You know the ones, right? They draw you in, you watch it over and over again, the story was soo well written, and with amazing animation done by talented artists. But you just know, that the

Nimona: Controversial, Yet Awesome Possum

The Potato-Chip Scene in Death Note is Actually Brilliant

Death Note is my all-time favourite anime, as many of my friends are annoyingly reminded of it all the time. It’s still one of the most popular anime today, but I don’t think it would’ve been nearly as beloved without Tetsurō Araki’s direction. Death Note is full of internal monologues, notebook scribbling, ticking clocks, and evil laughter; pulling that off with intensity and style was no small f

Jenn The Editor: if you were a chip what flavour would u be

The Potato-Chip Scene in Death Note is Actually Brilliant

THE ROAD TO EL DORADO AND HOW AHEAD OF ITS TIME

The Road to El Dorado is a film released in 2000 by Dreamworks. The film takes place in Spain in the 16th century, where the conquest of America from Spain was commonplace. Here we meet the protagonists, Tulio and Miguel, played by Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh, two Spaniards who were playing dice, betting money, and in one of those, they manage to win a map to an unknown location. Miguel wants

THE ROAD TO EL DORADO AND HOW AHEAD OF ITS TIME

Fantasia 2025: I Am Frankelda Is a Mexican Fantasy That Dares to Dream Bigger

Over the last few years, as someone deeply immersed in international cinema and animation, I have come to understand how vast the medium really is. From the rise of donghua in China, to the global saturation of anime to the point of eclipsing local productions, to witnessing Pakistan’s first 2D animated feature The Glassworker, it has been a journey of constant discovery and reevaluation. But even

Fantasia 2025: I Am Frankelda Is a Mexican Fantasy That Dares to Dream Bigger

Fantasia 2025: Maya, Give Me a Title and the Beauty of Just Making Something

There’s always that one film at a festival that makes you stop and wonder why it’s even here. The kind of movie that, at first glance, doesn’t seem to match the scale or ambition of its surroundings. Usually, when someone says that, it’s tied to questions of quality. But in the case of Maya, Give Me a Title, the answer is not about how well-made it is, but about why it matters. Despite its unassum

Fantasia 2025: Maya, Give Me a Title and the Beauty of Just Making Something

Fantasia 2025: Death Does Not Exist and the Forest Where Action Hesitates

There is something quietly electric happening in Montreal’s animation scene. Not in the way of pipeline efficiency or service work for louder markets, but in the emergence of films that reject utility. Films that claim the language of animation as expressive medium and philosophical terrain. Less industry, more cinema. Death Does Not Exist, from Félix Dufour Laperrière, joins a group of works that

Fantasia 2025: Death Does Not Exist and the Forest Where Action Hesitates

Fantasia 2025: Between Political Satire and Ornamental Fantasy

I’ve defended animation my whole life. Not just because I’m passionate about the medium, but because I understand what it takes to bring an animated feature to life from its most abstract idea to its frame-by-frame execution. It’s a colossal task. That’s why I usually approach animated films with a baseline of goodwill. I want to be on their side. I want to believe in their world. But precisely be

Fantasia 2025: Between Political Satire and Ornamental Fantasy

The Scene of a Lifetime

"In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine." 'UP' UP THERE IN OUR HEARTS. In the landscape of cinematic masterpieces, there is barely any film that could possibly achieve the sublime balance between technical brilliance and emotional devastation all in the first 10 minutes with the most tender and heartbreakingly adorable approach q

mind.full.of.movies: Such a beautiful reading of the montage scene! I'm 100% with you; the montage in this movie reminded me a bit of that animation short, "Paperman" in that it really manages to evoke such deep, intense emotions without any dialogue at all. The way each scene was composed, the lighting, the music, and the simple body movements were enough to both captivate your attention, tell a story, and leave you feeling everything all at once.

The Scene of a Lifetime

Kidnapped (2011)

Angela, Carla, Sofia and David wake up trapped in a place with no way out, watched over by an unknown figure who subjects them to increasingly cruel challenges. As they try to survive, the fear, tension and secrets of the group begin to come to light.

Kidnapped (2011)

Fantasia 2025: Dog of God and the Rot of Animated Extremes

Last year, the global animation scene was rocked by Flow, a minimal yet emotionally charged film that swam upstream from Latvia all the way to the Oscars. Made in Blender and centered around a silent cat, it showed how far a non-traditional production pipeline and quiet storytelling could go. Now, Latvia returns to the animation conversation with Dog of God, a film that shares almost nothing with

Fantasia 2025: Dog of God and the Rot of Animated Extremes

Everyone Deserves a Second Chance, Even the Bad Guys 2

Back in 2022, we were just beginning to feel the first true wave of stylistic experimentation in mainstream animated films, led in large part by the creative breakthroughs of Spider-Verse and, in parallel, the work coming from Imageworks. Riding on that same creative current came The Bad Guys, a film from DreamWorks which though already known for avoiding the hyperrealism chase pursued by other bi

Everyone Deserves a Second Chance, Even the Bad Guys 2

K-Pop Demon Hunters explores the space in between Korean and Western cultures

K-pop plus demons plus hunters equals… wait, what the fuck? My mom, of all people, sat me down to watch a movie together called K-Pop Demon Hunters. Yeah, I know—what kind of weird music fantasy mashup is this? I protested. Just because I started liking Seventeen didn’t mean I was deep enough into the k-pop craziness to watch what was sure to be a group of White people’s offensive twist on Korean

K-Pop Demon Hunters explores the space in between Korean and Western cultures

How Two Studio Ghibli Masterpieces Define Coming-of-Age Cinema: The Cinema of Becoming!

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, but the journey of understanding begins with one frame." Here's the truth that changes everything once you recognise it: We are all living in the third act of our coming-of-age film ! This is my first article, written as I embark on the most important journey of my creative life. My "filler episodes" are done; this one, I intend for it to be c

How Two Studio Ghibli Masterpieces Define Coming-of-Age Cinema: The Cinema of Becoming!

VSFF: Best of 'Let Mama Go' Short Program

With nine solid films that explore different facets of mother-daughter relationships, spanning cultures, identities, and complexities, ‘Let Mama Go’ was an emotional and heartfelt program at the 2025 Vancouver Short Film Festival, leaving the audience with overwhelming emotions. For many of us, like myself, we rush to call our moms right after the screening. The well-curated program taps into topi

Lucas.: Desync was pretty cool; you did a great job analyzing it

VSFF: Best of 'Let Mama Go' Short Program

VSFF '25 Reviews | easybake, Beyond the Salish, Have I Swallowed Your Dreams

I'm no short film specialist, but I do love short fiction literature! This week I was lucky enough to get early access to watch three of the film screenings for the Vancouver Short Film Festival happening this weekend, and here is what I have to say. Take notes because you're going to want to watch them! All the information can be found in the links included at the end of the article! Let's get to

Jenn The Editor: easybake sounds right up my alley! I'll definitely be checking it out.

VSFF '25 Reviews | easybake, Beyond the Salish, Have I Swallowed Your Dreams

Turbo Granny and the Profane Grace of Evil

Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye is a collective exorcism in a dark room where the laughter turns nervous, and the color palette begins to rot. Let’s make one thing clear right out of the cursed, dripping gate: If you haven’t seen Season 1, do not watch this. The so-called “recap” is a jagged, barely coherent Rorschach test of madness—less a narrative, more a PTSD flashback stitched together by yokai-fueled p

Turbo Granny and the Profane Grace of Evil

Love, Death & Creative Burnout

Love, Death & Robots Season 4 seemed almost as if it was trying to prove that the creative power of human beings has already been entirely surpassed by AI: it's deliberately boring and lacks quality—a painstakingly crafted wake-up call for us all. I came up with this excuse for the show’s dramatic decline in quality while sitting on a friend’s couch, staring at her elderly orange tabby cat perched

Love, Death & Creative Burnout

The Geometry of Willpower: Existential Symbolism in My Hero Academia: Vigilantes

In My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, beneath the genre polish of a superhero spin-off lies a textured meditation on dignity, justice, and the gravity of becoming. The narrative centers on a triptych of characters: a shy, grounded young man; a buoyant, rebellious girl; and a grizzled veteran who looms with the aura of past battles. But it’s in the literal biomechanics of their powers — the choreography

The Geometry of Willpower: Existential Symbolism in My Hero Academia: Vigilantes

Spectacular Spider-Man: A Cut Web

This will likely be a shock to nobody reading this article, but I love the Spectacular Spider-Man animated series. If you don’t know which show I’m talking about (which I refuse to believe), it’s a show which ran from 2008 to 2009. The show’s story wasn’t vastly different from the comics, but blended ideas from multiple Spider-Man works perfectly. The animation was top quality for its time, with s

Lucas.: Your love for this show really comes through in the article. My only question is why does Electro have bioelectricity oozing out of his nipples? Maybe that's why the show got cancelled?

Spectacular Spider-Man: A Cut Web

Arcane: Find your Fate

Everything happens for a reason. How often have people reading this article and I heard those words? When you're younger, these words can sound incredibly magical, like your life is the plot of some great story. When you’re older, you stop believing it, though the phrase can feel like an inescapable cage. Like everyone else, there was a time in my life when I felt lost, and the future seemed bleak

Arcane: Find your Fate

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