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Magpie Monday on Tuesday: Viewers’ Paradise & Science!

Fun film and TV bits (with special science guests at the end of the post): ◊ TRAILERS! Anne Fontaine’s Adore looks to be intense and uncomfortable, as well as intensely uncomfortable and uncomfortably intense. The subject matter may put off … Continue reading

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Video Friday

This Friday also brings more animation. I thought these shorts were fun to watch and well made to boot. Happy Friday, everyone! First is Full Moon, a short by Guy Garibian and Revital Laufer that was their “graduation film for … Continue reading

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Video Friday

Today it’s all about stop-motion animation, a technique I love and admire (can you imagine the patience it takes to film a stop-motion film?). Here are three short films that use the technique for very different effects. First up is … Continue reading

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Magpie Monday

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Marking Time. I am obsessed with calendars. Not too obsessed, mind you, but I have four wall calendars and two desk calendars at home and another wall calendar in the office. … Continue reading

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Magpie Monday

Here are some shiny things that caught my eye recently: ♦ Art Nouveau portraits. Artist kishokahime created a series of Art Nouveau portraits of fantasy heroines from the 1980s (film and animation). I do prefer my Art Nouveau a little more ornate, … Continue reading

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