"From Up on Poppy Hill" proves that 2011 was a great year for Japanese (and world) cinema. Animation is used to show what just can't be shown with live action movies: the past. No need for choreographed violence, or for fantastic plots riddled with holes. A simple story well told without gimmicks. Lofty aspirations without grandiosity. Delicate ( Read more... )

Ratatouille (2007) - Excellent! ( Note: 9.5 - Lire la critique... )

To complete this series of quick movie reviews, here's for animation movies I saw this year.
Nausicaa, 1984 ( Note:8 )

A quoi ça sert l'amour? (Cám ơn, Tamu) [Aussi là: 1, 2, 3 -- voir aussi ces autres courts-métrages.]

My friend Tamu is organizing a special screening of Jason and the Argonauts in presence of Ray Harryhausen on July 24th in Montreal (not 23rd, not 25th), I unhappily won't be able to attend (I wish I could), but I thought some of you might appreciate, especially since you might be around Montreal at said date for FantasiaI think Tamu clearly ( Read more... )

I can but recommend the beautiful animation movie Howl's moving castleby Hayao Miyazaki's studio Ghibli ( Read more... )