Animation

Long gone are the days when a new Netflix show was an event. The bold new network drops something every other week now, and the misses amongst the hits matter much less. Bojack Horseman is absolutely the latter; a cartoon about a talking horse which manages to be both...

Carthay Circle Theatre, Los Angeles, 21st December 1937. The setting for a significant moment in cinematic history. Though it may not be as widely remembered as other film movements, there is no denying that the creation of the first full-length cel animated feature film is quite an astounding feat....

Following the epic-scale feature as seen in the last issue (#236) of IMPACT, our writers bring you an even larger group of even more varied cinematic cogitations, from the history of the blockbuster to far reaches of film history with the first animated feature and German Expressionism. Below are the clickable...

Back with new targets to taunt in their crosshairs of cultural commentary, Trey Parker and Matt Stone returned with ten episodes for their eighteenth season of South Park, which just concluded on Comedy Central in the UK. Warning: Mild spoilers follow! Opting for an experimental style of season-long continuity,...

If you didn’t know already, Disney shorts are pretty darn special. Take Paperman, Day & Night or The Blue Umbrella, to name a few. They inject a little magic into few minute masterpieces of beautiful animation, unparalleled artistry and superlative storytelling. If the other Disney shorts are anything to go by, we have...

Following the recent trailer release of Pixar’s upcoming feature Inside Out, there is increasing anticipation for the film’s accompanying short film, Lava, which premiered this past summer at the Hiroshima International Animation Festival. Having never met a person whose face fails to light up when the title screen for these few minute joys...

Following Disney Pixar’s most recent release Monsters University, comes the teaser trailer for their newest feature film, Inside Out. The film will follow the life of a young girl, Riley Anderson, and her move to San Francisco, though there will be no talking toys and closeted monsters in Pixar’s...