Seth MacFarlane & Martin Scorsese join forces to restore vintage animated shorts with some set to premiere at the TCM Classic Film Festival. Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane and Goodfellas director Martin Scorsese may not seem like the most likely match, but Deadline reports that the pair have joined forces to fund the restoration of … Read more
It hasn’t been the best couple years for Looney Tunes fans. The last big-screen film featuring the venerable cartoon characters was Space Jam: A New Legacy which was … horrible. The so-called Looney Tunes Cartoons series of modern shorts on HBO Max (and later just Max) were good, but they concluded production last year. And what was supposed to be … Read more
Below is the press release in full. For more information, including tickets and showtimes, click here. Chicago, Illinois (September 18, 2023) – The Chicago International Film Festival today announced the full lineup of films and programs included in this year’s 59th edition of North America’s longest-running competitive film festival, running October 11 – 22, 2023. This year’s Festival … Read more
Wes Anderson teases his other Roald Dahl short films which will be released on Netflix after The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. Wes Anderson has returned to the world of Roald Dahl with The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, a short film set to debut on Netflix later this month, but it isn’t the only … Read more
The Grand Prize for Documentary Short was awarded to Justine Martin for her lovely and observing ode to the bonds of brotherhood, “Oasis,” where twin siblings Raphaël and Rémi are gradually awakening to the challenges of adulthood that may cause them to split off in different directions. Amber Sealey’s 2019 shorts, “How Does it Start,” … Read more
Last week, Disney+ released a collection of newly restored animated shorts from early in the studio’s run, and finally, we can say something nice about a major studio for a change. While Warner Bros. Discovery seems to be burning as many bridges to its past as it can, Disney is at least taking care of … Read more
The Walt Disney Company may have built its reputation and brand on the backs of its classic cartoons starring the likes of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy, but a lot of those classic shorts are in hard to find these days. even on Disney+ where one would think all of them could (and should!) … Read more
“The Mundanes” Shorts Program #1 (Saturday, May 6, 11:45 am) opens with Nicole Daddona and Adam Wilder’s “The Mundanes,” a truly bizarre PSA that seems influenced by Joe Dante’s “Twilight Zone – The Movie” segment, as well as the “Eerie, Indiana” TV series. Here, a faceless suburban American family is depicted as the ideal life, … Read more