Animation
Dark horse
As Bojack Horseman heads for the knackers’ yard, Stephanie Provan salutes the show’s defiant demands on its audience
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Live action updates of Disney classics are a pale imitation of the originals, and only one shall go the ball, writes Nathanael Smith
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Nathanael Smith selects his five favourite TV animations ever
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Music videos have long sought to harness the power of animation. Nathanael Smith chooses five of the best.
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Nathanael Smith salutes five animations which combine inspiring messages of hope and calls for positive change
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Happy Birthday to Fantasia which first graced cinema screens in 1940. Nathanael Smith on a genuinely bravura classic
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Nathanael Smith on Star Wars’ affinity with animation
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DTRH talks to Phillip Vaughan, animation course director at DJCAD
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Nathanael Smith dons a giant Santa hat and unconvincing beard to choose his five favourite Christmas animations
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Pixar’s mix of invention and creative intervention looks to have paid off again in The Good Dinosaur, writes Nathanael Smith
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Happy 20th birthday Toy Story! Nathanael Smith on the movie which changed animation forever
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As Halloween looms, DTRH looks at the scariest monsters in animation. Quivering behind the sofa: Nathanael Smith
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As the Africa in Motion Film Festival opens, Nathanael Smith celebrates the rise of African animation
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Nathanael Smith assesses some of this week’s new animation releases
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Nathanael Smith looks forward to the sixth Scotland Loves Anime festival
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Animator Satoshi Kon still inspires long after his untimely death, writes Nathanael Smith
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George Lucas’ new animation movie is half-baked, writes Nathanael Smith
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Mark Kermode is over-optimistic about the current state of animation, writes Nathanael Smith
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Nathanael Smith on the vile ubiquity of the Minions
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Nathanael Smith meets Song of the Sea director Tomm Moore
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Nathanael Smith highlights the best animation shorts from EIFF.
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Nathanael Smith on Pixar’s five brightest ideas.
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Nathanael Smith on the work of Barry Purves, the master of stop motion, who visits Edinburgh Filmfest this week.
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Nathanael Smith previews the animation on show at this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival
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Nathanael Smith meets the directors of the magnificent Shaun the Sheep movie
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Xavier Picard’s hand-drawn animation captures the charm of the original Moomins, writes Nathanael Smith
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Nathanael Smith looks at the five most exciting directors working in animation today
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Launching a new column on animation, Nathanael Smith argues the art form is a more than a match for “real” movies in technical skill and story-telling panache.