For most of the history of cinema, it was easy to understand what was animated and what wasn’t. Animation was made by people slaving away for months, creating the illusion of movement one frame at a ...

During his life Walt Disney amassed 22 Academy Awards, more than anyone in film before or since, but none for any of his classic animated features—that category didn’t exist until 2001. The majority ...

It seems that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is in a quandary. Steven Spielberg, a not inconsequential member, wants his upcoming performance capture (or motion capture, as it’s ...