New animated series "The Goode Family" charts the pitfalls of the p.c., eco-friendly lifestyle.
By Heather Havrilesky May 27, 2009
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Watch out! The 2010 census is coming. An animated response to the congresswoman's paranoia
July 1, 2009
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Earthlings, beware! It's a battle for world domination as Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen and Rainn Wilson lend their voices to this animated sendup of '50s creature features.
By Stephanie Zacharek
March 27, 2009
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From a zany octopus chase to a surveillance-cam love story and a wistful Parisian take on "Crash," this year's Academy-nominated short films hit theaters and iTunes.
By Andrew O'Hehir
February 5, 2009
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Sundance opens: Straight buds dare each other to go all the way in "Humpday"; claymation "Mary and Max" paints a pen-pal friendship in loving shades of bird poop.
By Andrew O'Hehir
January 17, 2009
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Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman talks about his extraordinary animated documentary "Waltz With Bashir," a trip down the nightmarish rabbit hole of memory.
By Andrew O'Hehir
December 26, 2008
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This 3-D animated tale about a canine superhero is clever and action-packed -- but is it too culturally savvy for its own good?
By Stephanie Zacharek
November 21, 2008
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George Lucas fills in the "Star Wars" blanks with an animated tale that may make more sense than his live-action films.
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 15, 2008
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This new Pixar movie is an environmental cautionary tale and a story of robot love -- and quite possibly the most melancholy cartoon ever made.
By Stephanie Zacharek
June 27, 2008
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"Blindness" is an apocalyptic horror flick, rendered dull and pretentious. But an astonishing animated war film and a gripping prison drama provide the fireworks.
By Andrew O'Hehir
May 15, 2008
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An Oscar-nominated short brings back Prokofiev's classic music -- but a host of videos show it's been with us all along.
By Caitlin Shamberg
February 21, 2008
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The new graphic novel by Adrian Tomine of "Optic Nerve" fame may finally secure his spot in the cartoon pantheon alongside Daniel Clowes and the Hernandez brothers.
By Jascha Hoffman
December 6, 2007
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Cheaper labor isn't the only reason South Korea is a cartoon powerhouse.
By Andrew Leonard
November 12, 2007
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"Down the Rat Hole" author Edith Mirante explains the value of cellphone cameras in a country in which media is controlled by a military regime.
October 24, 2007
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Pop-culture references? Check. Poop jokes? Check. Has a certain lovable green monster worn out his welcome?
By Stephanie Zacharek
May 18, 2007
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Fans of the culty animated TV show that inspired this movie may giggle and guffaw -- but will anyone else?
By Stephanie Zacharek
April 13, 2007
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Doctor Lion says: "There is no healthcare crisis in America."
By David Puner
March 1, 2007
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The governor of California with a holiday message.
By David Puner
December 22, 2006
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In an excerpt from Neal Gabler's massive biography of Walt Disney, the young animator arrives in Hollywood -- and gets his break.
By Neal Gabler
October 31, 2006
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The real George Washington, unwigged.
By K.L.
June 30, 2006
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Populist rhetoric used to be the left's stock in trade. But as the whacked-out animation "This Land" proves, somewhere along the way rich vs. poor was replaced by smarts vs. substance.
By Solon Simmons
July 29, 2004
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Animator Sylvain Chomet provides one of the season's most eccentric delights with this charmingly old-fashioned tale of an old lady, a bicycle race and a big fat dog.
By Stephanie Zacharek
November 26, 2003
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Bugs and Daffy invade the real Hollywood in this manic farce from director Joe Dante -- but the result is an exhausting mess.
By Charles Taylor
November 14, 2003
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At last American audiences are being spirited away by the wondrous and subtle visions of Hayao Miyazaki. He's more than an eccentric Japanese fabulist -- he's the greatest animator the movies have ever seen.
By Laura Miller
July 10, 2003
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Fred Flintstone as a mob boss! Yogi's pal BooBoo as a terrorist! Jonny Quest as the subject of a gay child-custody battle! All these outrages and more can be found on Cartoon Network's hilarious, hallucinatory "Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law."
By Scott Thill
May 29, 2003
Mike Judge's guilty cartoon liberals
Bateman: Michele Bachmann vs. the Census
"Monsters vs. Aliens"
Oscar shows us his shorts
Dude + dude = porno!
War as a "bad acid trip"
"Bolt"
"Star Wars: The Clone Wars"
"WALL-E"
Cannes opens with a dud -- but delights follow
"Shortcomings"
SpongeBob and the proper role of the State
"Shrek the Third"
"Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters"
Life before Mickey
Class politics, JibJab-style
"The Triplets of Belleville"
"Looney Tunes: Back in Action"
Wizard of light and shadow
Pillaging the cartoon universe
War Room
GigaOM Network
Glenn Greenwald