Tag: animation

My Favorite Movies: Sita Sings the Blues (2009)
One of the most wonderful and joyous musical comedies that I have ever seen was also one of the biggest coups by any film artist in history. Writer-director Nina Paley spent four years making Sita Sings the Blues on her own computer, and used the film as a weapon in a personal battle against the […]

The Lord of the Rings (1978)
I arrive at Ralph Bakshi’s The Lord of the Rings with a great many mixed feelings. This is a film of so much style, so much imagination, so much ambition, yet I find myself trapped by the unavoidable conclusion that this movie is flawed beyond the point of no return. Its animation style wavers back […]