It’s Oscar season, huzzah! The Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards are in the books, several of the major guilds—including the Screen Actors, Directors, and Producers—released their nominations last week, and the BAFTA (British Academy) nominations came out yesterday. That means we have some tangible idea of what every awards body thinks about the past […]

Animator Vivienne Medrano’s (aka VivziePop) viral sensation “Hazbin Hotel” is the latest indie adult animated short to be adapted into a full-fledged series. Apart from Olan Rogers’ criminally short-lived “Final Space,” few indie animated pilots skewered for mature audiences received that blue fairy “real show” wish grant. Since the spunky crowdfunded DIY pilot dropped in […]

“The Breaking Ice,” from writer/director Anthony Chen, is about three lost souls facing the frozen world outside and in. It takes place in the midst of winter, near the border of China and North Korea. The scenes of ice and snow are exquisitely composed and lit, with a score that often includes soft, shimmery chords […]