Disney Animation Film Eras Explained

See also The 9 Eras of Disney Animation.

Nu, Pogodi!

Hair

Krishna Aur Kans

The trailer for Krishna Aur Kans, India's first stereoscopic animated film.

Editorial Cartoons That Insult One's Intelligence

Ted Rall: "Not Safe for Cartoon Fans With Taste or Brains" Alternative cartoonist Ted Rall's overview of mainstream editorial cartoons that either attack Edward Snowden or conflate the late actor James Gandolfini with his character of Tony Soprano.

When J.D. Salinger died, Koterba (one of the featured cartoonists) drew a cartoon of a boy surrounded by the usual kid gadgets but engrossed in The Catcher in the Rye. It's possible but more likely the youngster was reading The Hunger Games.

More on Ebert

http://www.gocomics.com/tedrall/2013/04/10

Update: Do I agree that Ebert liked only middle-of-the-road stuff? Not necessarily. Did Ebert always like Spielberg's movies? And if he did, why couldn't he and Armond White, who were mutually antagonistic, have that in common?

Movie critics don't have the role, so to speak, in the larger culture that they once did. Ebert is the last great mainstream movie critic (at least for now). I liked him, but for sheer erudition and prose style, John Simon is unparalleled. Not that I always agreed with his reviews.

1 May update: Nancy Nall has always loved him.

Peace on Earth (1939)

This Christmas is overshadowed by the Newtown massacre, among other violence. So here is a reminder of why we all should strive toward peace on earth. Peace on Earth was way ahead of its time.


Available here: http://archive.org/details/PeaceOnEarth1939

and here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfH3MXYF5Xo