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The 82-year-old Japanese director brings over half a century’s worth of animated masterpieces together in this coming-of-age story
Ruby Gillman is not the Monstrous beast of Norweigan folklore but an awkward teen going through a big change.
Rhyddhawyd Jurassic Park ar y sgrin fawr ym mis Mehefin 1993 a newidiodd sinema am byth.
Jurassic Park was released on the big screen in June 1993 and changed cinema for good.
Del Toro’s Pinocchio stands out because it couples existential issues with real-world historical catastrophes.
Ash Ketchum is retiring from the Pokémon franchise, but this doesn’t spell the end of Pikachu.
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio explores one of the filmmaker’s signature tropes – a child abandoned amid a fascist regime.
Twenty-five years on from his promise to become “the very best”, Ash Ketchum has won the Pokémon World Championship. But for a franchise that’s always evolving, this is far from the end.
Despite the fact that many of its elements were alien to American audiences, the film became a sensation.
The company has been suspected of alluding to same-sex couples in the past but Lightyear’s kiss could be the first overt instance of LGBTQ+ representation.
The custodians of one of Hollywood’s most reliable cash machines have been careful to sidestep political minefields that might remind customers of a realm outside the Magic Kingdom.
Though it was exceedingly grating, the late comedian was able to perfect a sound that worked in tandem with his brand of humor.
Representations of girls on screen have become much better over the years but there is still a vocal audience who would rather they be tame and demure.
A provocative short film about a woman and her dog, Bestia highlights the impunity enjoyed by Chile’s military and politicians
Animation allowed the makers of Flee to tell a story that challenges the pervasive narrative of it means to be a refugee
Growing up is never easy, but visualising complex ideas can help. Animation and character design allow us to put a metaphorical mirror up to society.
Royal satire has softened over the last 300 years, but audiences are more sensitive to barbs against the institution.
The latest Disney-Pixar film has been seen as containing queer themes, but what is the animation studio trying to achieve?
The condition challenges the centuries-old idea that all great artists are able to envision what they’re drawing.
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Senior Lecturer: Director MSc Animation and VFX MDes Comics & Graphic Novels, University of Dundee
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