It's time to explore my Ghibli library, starting with a gorgeous volume devoted to one of their more forgotten eighties classics
Book Review: The Art of Castle in the Sky
First Thoughts on Over the Garden Wall (2014)
This autumnal offering from Cartoon Network has been called one of the greatest cartoons of its decade, but is there more to it than its aesthetic?
Book Review: The Art of Wolfwalkers
Charles Solomon explores one of 2020's most enchanting films in another exceptional art book.
Film Review: Enchanted (2007)
Amy Adams shines in Disney's crowd-pleasing self-parody, but how does the rest of it hold up?
First Thoughts on The Garden of Words / Kotonoha no Niwa (2013)
This brief, poetic Shinkai feature may centre around a rather problematic relationship, but there's no denying the beauty of its rain-soaked vision of Tokyo
First Thoughts on It’s Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
Don Hertzfeldt's debut feature makes for a good companion to Soul, exploring existentialist themes and celebrating the beauty of the mundane.
First Thoughts Combo: Soul (2020) and Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
I've been waiting to see these for ages, but I've finally caught up on the Disney and Pixar canons (for now at least).
Film Review: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Somehow, I've broken the site record for longest article once again, so move over Anastasia – this technical marvel is one of the most important films in animation history!
First Thoughts on The Tragedy of Man / Az ember tragédiája (2011)
Marcell Jankovics delivers a classic of Hungarian animation, 23 years in the making
First Thoughts on The Secret of Kells (2009)
I finally complete Tomm Moore's "Irish trilogy" with Cartoon Saloon's evocative debut feature
