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It’s a Cartoon Party!: May ’14 in Film

Posted on 31 May, 2014 by Lyzette

Yet another month has come and gone! This month was particularly eventful for me. The main awesome thing is that I finally graduated from college! I hope my BA in Comparative Literature does me well in the near future. *Grinch smile* … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Recaps | Tagged animation, Bambi Meets Godzilla, Batman & Robin, Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, Foodfight!, Georges Schwizgebel, Gia Coppola, Harakiri, horror, Japanese, Jim Jarmusch, Joe Schumacher, Looney Tunes, Marv Newland, Masaki Kobayashi, Monthly Recap, Only Lovers Left Alive, Palo Alto, Peter Cornwell, Romance, Russian, short, Soviet, Tale of Tales, Ward 13, Yuriy Norshteyn | 1 Comment

Cinema as a Parallel Universe: March ’14 in Film

Posted on 31 March, 2014 by Lyzette

Hello folks! It’s been a while. It feels like years for me. I’m starting to feel that almost-post-grad noose begin to tighten. Yet somehow, in between all the hustle and bustle of “being an adult”, I’ve managed to slip in … Continue reading →

Posted in Monthly Recaps | Tagged 10 Things I Hate About You, 1940's, 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 1990's, 2000's, 2010's, animation, anime, Barry Purves, Bollywood, British, Chinese, Enter the Dragon, Fritz the Cat, Hong Kong, Indian, Iranian, Ivan the Terrible, Ivan the Terrible Part One, Ivan the Terrible Part Two, Japanese, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Lynne Ramsay, Mamoru Hosoda, Mike Leigh, Monthly Recap, Nashville, Polish, Ralph Bakshi, Ratcatcher, Robert Altman, Russian, Samira Makhmalbaf, Scottish, Sergei Eisenstein, Sergei Parajanov, Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, short, Soviet, Summer Wars, The Apple (1998), The Decalogue, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The Hustler, Vera Drake, Wolf Children, Zanjeer | Leave a comment

Weekly Film Log: March 2 – 8

Posted on 9 March, 2014 by Lyzette

It’s the end of another week! I barely got this post completed in time, but here it is. I do love my History of Animation course and I love writing all about those wonderful cartoons, but it does give me … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged 1940's, 1950's, 1960's, 1980's, 2000's, 2010's, animation, anime, Armando Iannucci, Baby Bottleneck, Batman: The Movie, Bernardo Bertolucci, Blitz Wolf, Bob Clampett, British, Bukowski: Born Into This, Chuck Jones, documentary, Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century, Fetch!, George Clooney, Good Night and Good Luck, Happy-Go-Nutty, In the Loop, Ingmar Bergman, Innocent Voices, Japanese, John Dullaghan, Joseph Barbera, Leslie H. Martinson, Looney Tunes, Luis Mandoki, Mamoru Hosoda, Mexican, Nina Paley, One Froggy Evening, Red Hot Riding Hood, short, Smitten Kitten, Summer With Monika, Swedish, Tex Avery, The Great Piggy Bank Robbery, The Last Emperor, Tom & Jerry, Who Killed Who?, William Hanna, Wolf Children | 1 Comment

Weekly Film Log: February 23 – March 1

Posted on 4 March, 2014 by Lyzette

This post is coming several days late, due to my having schoolwork, Oscars, and other stuff being placed at a bit of a higher priority. Nonetheless, it’s complete now! I’m awfully proud of the volume of material I watched last … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews | Tagged 1930's, 1940's, 1950's, 1960's, 1970's, 2000's, 2010's, A Liar's Autobiography, A Morning Stroll, A Wild Hare, animation, Ben Hardaway, Benjamin Timlett, Bill Jones, Bob Clampett, Brandon Oldenburg, Brazilian, British, Bus 174, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Chuck Jones, Danish, Day of Wrath, Disney, documentary, Duck Amuck, Elmer's Candid Camera, Frank Tashlin, Grant Orchard, How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman, Jeff Simpson, Jose Padilha, Looney Tunes, Mike Leigh, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, PES, Porky in Wackyland, Porky Pig's Feat, Porky's Hare Hunt, Rabbit Seasoning, Robin Hood, Roof Sex, Rudolf Ising, short, Smile Darn Ya Smile, Tex Avery, The Case of the Stuttering Pig, The Daffy Doc, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, The Sword in the Stone, Vera Drake, Western Spaghetti, What's Opera Doc?, William Joyce, Wolfgang Reitherman | 2 Comments

Weekly Film Log: February 16-22

Posted on 23 February, 2014 by Lyzette

Check it out! This week I actually watched more feature-length films than I did animated shorts. I also cleared out my watchlist a bit of films that I’ve been putting off watching for a long, long time, and also ended … Continue reading →