• “Hedgehog in the Fog” is Russian animator Yuri Norstein’s enchanting short about a hedgehog who discovers an unforgettable [...]

  “Who knows how to count the stars?”

  January 28, 2011
• The most recent of Simon Doonan’s must-read columns for Slate is on the Rise of the Tildas.

  Girls Looking Like Boys Looking Like Girls Are Back

  January 28, 2011
• Ryan, Chris Landreth’s 2004 animated documentary short about Ryan Larkin, a genius animator who fell on hard times after the death of his [...]

  Have Your Heart Broken in Thirteen Minutes

  January 19, 2011
• Kids are weird and so are the Japanese. Japanese kids, though, are surprisingly relatable. Below is a list of five wonderful coming-of-age films [...]

  Five Great Japanese Coming-of-Age Films

  January 14, 2011