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Animation for Adults: Fantastic Planet

About a year ago I wrote an article on animation for adults — that is, animated shorts, films, and series with mature appeal. Although I love children’s shows and movies, I’m always on the lookout for things made for an …


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The Red Shoes: Victoria Page (Moira Shearer)

Over this past weekend, I had the pleasure of watching The Red Shoes (1948) on Netflix Streaming. Victoria Page (played by Moira Shearer), is a socialite-ballerina chosen by famed director Lermontov to play the lead role in a ballet adaptation …


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Animation for Adults

Many people write off animation as something exclusively for children or comedy, when the educated film world flocks to animation for inspiration, entertainment, and intellectual stimulation. I hesitated writing this article at first because I don’t want people to mistake …


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Everything but Fashion

Often I’ve been asked where I look for fashion inspiration, and although there’s no simple answer, the short answer is: anywhere but fashion. Okay, that’s a bit of an exaggeration; I do follow street style blogs, and on a semiannual …


Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! Hope everyone is having fun and staying safe~ Here’s a still from a beautiful yet scary (and sometimes hilarious) movie, Kwaidan. I watched this at my friend’s house, and even though I wasn’t scared while watching it, I …