As anyone in the animation industry, and indeed anyone who follows the world of film and animation knows, an Emmy Award nomination is always to be celebrated. Multiply that by 23, and you can imagine the party-like atmosphere happening at DreamWorks TV, after the news they were nominated for daytime Emmys in a wide variety …
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Building “Bunnicula”: An Interview with WB cartoon producer/director Jessica Borutski
Reposted from Cinema Siren article on February 7th, 2016 There’s a new show starting tomorrow based on the children’s book series Bunnicula, and it’s a labor of love for producer/director Jessica Borutski. She represents the best of the new guard of female animators, and clearly an inspiring professional in the industry, for having her own show at …
THE WOMEN OF KUNG FU PANDA 3: How Girlpower Reigns at DreamWorks
The best representations of Girlpower are those where women lead by example, going beyond gender to erase bias altogether. As the media has covered lately, it’s a challenge that continues. Three women at DreamWorks, who have worked together on the entire Kung Fu Panda franchise, are girlpower personified. Jennifer Yuh Nelson has the distinction of …
INFINITELY POLAR BEAR: Review and Exclusive Interview with Writer/Director Maya Forbes
Mark Ruffalo committed to an indie flick written and directed by director Maya Forbes for good reason. Watch my interview with her and my review of the movie that chronicles her childhood with a manic depressive dad. We laugh, we go deep, and we talk about why the movie needed to be made…
SELMA: Movie Review and Exclusive Interview with Ava DuVernay & David Oyelowo
Why Selma is Cinema Siren’s #1 film of 2014 What makes Selma, the new release by producer/director Ava DuVernay, truly spectacular as a film, is the balance it finds between expansive traditional biography and a more intimate independent-minded personal film. In some ways that’s what Martin Luther King, the subject of this movie, grappled …