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Solstice and the Stars: An Interview with Luke Angus
A Q&A with Luke Angus on his latest short stunner: Solstice.

Ben Patten
Feb 54 min read


EIFF 2025 Animated Shorts Selection
What a bunch we've got this year! From morose giants travelling to the moon, to purple fart men, to sapphic romances about mountain women, there's so much on offer in this group of phenomenal shorts.

Ben Patten
Aug 17, 20254 min read


Is there space for 'Elio'?
Pixar's latest is their first trip to space in 17 years: the story of a boy looking to the stars for a friend.

Ben Patten
Jun 23, 20253 min read


How to Train Your Dragon and live-action remakes.
I mean, it's no How to Train Your Dragon (2010), but it's alright.

Ben Patten
Jun 16, 20253 min read


How to Train Your Dragon 2 and its momentary maturity.
For about 5 minutes, the most daring and mature animated feature made by a major American studio. And then it's not.

Ben Patten
May 30, 20254 min read


'Win or Lose' is a definite winner.
Pixar's debut TV outing earns its spot amongst their ranks: funny, smart, beautiful to look at, and surprisingly heartfelt, 'Win or Lose' knocks it out of the park.

Ben Patten
May 10, 20254 min read


Orion and the Dark: A Kid’s Movie For Werner Herzog
A deeply cynical Kaufman script, a suicidal night-entity, a Werner Herzog cameo, and a scared little boy come together to create the most wistful kids movie since Where the Wild Things Are.
benpattentiktok
Jun 14, 20243 min read


The Tiger’s Apprentice: Bland American Appropriation
The Tiger’s Apprentice is just another example of an American studio adopting East Asian myths to tell dumbed-down, generic stories that seem ingenuine and hollow.

Ben Patten
May 16, 20243 min read
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