At the end of the 1925 movie 'Red Kimono,' the protagonist, Gabrielle Darley, throws away her garment and moves on to a better life. Real life is more complicated.
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After Disney Closes Blue Sky Studios, Animation Under Pressure in Pandemic Hollywood
What the closure of Blue Sky studios means for the future of cartoons.
‘Toy Story’ at 25: How Pixar’s Debut Evolved Tradition Rather Than Abandoning It
The film about old toys and new turns 25 this year. Heralded as the first computer animated film, a re-examination indicates it was cautiously innovative rather than a complete …
The Lost Art of Revisiting Cinema
It's important for you to return to what once touched you and changed you at some point in life.
How Script Supervisors Keep Film Continuity – and Coffee Cups and Cigarettes – in Check
Rogue coffee cups and changing hairstyles can distract film audiences. Whose job is it to maintain continuity? And does it matter in the big picture?
Bollywood Hypocrisy: Mixed Signals and Faux Feminism
We cannot continue to pretend that the reel world and the real world don’t intersect.