Scene Stealers: Barry Humphries in Finding Nemo Phil W. Bayles August 9, 2018 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers Why do we never talk about how great the villains in Pixar movies are? From Sid in Toy Story to Randall in Monsters, Inc., the cold and analytical autopilot in WALL-E to Antoine Ego in Ratatouille, Pixar's...
Short of the Month – Theo and Celeste Louise Burrell July 30, 2018 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/270611565 A blend of stop-motion puppets and live action, Theo and Celeste sees two friends asking increasingly absurd questions that then become a reality for them. Always beginning with...
Short Of The Month – What Is Beauty? Stephanie Watts July 2, 2018 Features, Reviews, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/channels/bestofthemonth/258828793 In What Is Beauty? Filmmaker Anna Ginsburg runs us through a two minute history of the definition of the beautiful woman in art and media, all the way...
Short of the Week – The Hungry Corpse David Brake April 9, 2018 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/258683540 In the world of short films, animation is a popular genre. Populated by promising and flawed student films, it’s easy to miss the polished diamonds in among the rough...
Short of the Week – Have Heart Kambole Campbell April 2, 2018 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/261025185 Packing a lot of incisive commentary on both social media and the debilitating grind of corporate culture into a funny, breezy 12 minutes, UK filmmaker Will Anderson’s...
Short of the Week – To Build a Fire Henry Gatrell January 22, 2018 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/246869455 The adaptation of Jack London’s highly-regarded short story To Build a Fire effectively captures the story of a man's last frozen moments. The text and film shift from one...
Cel Mates: The Book of Life Rory Steabler January 18, 2018 CEL Mates, Features, Independent The Book of Life bears more than a passing resemblance to Pixar’s Coco, out this week. Obviously, both are based around the Mexican tradition of the Day of the Dead, and involve protagonists going on a...
Early Man – Review Nick Evan-Cook January 17, 2018 Reviews It's been a full 10 years since Aardman founder and visionary Nick Park last occupied the director's chair on one of their creations, but the joyous Early Man makes us feel as if he never left it. Early...
Debate: What’s the Best Pixar Film? Tom Bond January 17, 2018 Analysis, Debate, Features 1 Comment With Pixar’s latest film Coco out this Friday, we thought it was the perfect opportunity to do what we love the most: argue about film. Our writers Rhys Handley and Jack Blackwell, and Features Editor...
CEL Mates: World Of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden Of Other People’s Thoughts Tom Bond January 10, 2018 CEL Mates, Features, Independent There are certain stories that only animation can tell properly: the tale of a roomful of toys reuniting with their owner, a clownfish’s journey to find his son, or a version of Hamlet featuring lions. Now...
Short of the Week – Baby Grotesque Cathy Brennan January 1, 2018 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/248663904 Channelling the work of comics artist Michael DeForge, Daniela Espinosa has lovingly crafted a dark fairy-tale with Baby Grotesque. Set in a dark, foreboding forest, we are...
Short of the Week – It Is My Fault Cathy Brennan December 11, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/243940584 Beijing based animator Liu Sha conjures up a fantastic netherworld of digital spew with It Is My Fault. Just like Happiness last week, this is a four minute, dialogue-free...
Short of the Week – Fox and the Whale David Brake October 23, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/237551523 Nowadays, pretty visuals, compensating for a lack of substance, can go a long way for some shorts. One suspects there's a hope that the short running time and a few...
Short of the Week – Quand J’ai Remplacé Camille David Brake September 25, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/224657759 At One Room With A View, nothing excites us more than new talent. The thrilling prospect of discovering fresh, stimulating voices as they enter the world of film for the...
Scene Stealers: Peter O’Toole in Ratatouille Danielle Davenport September 20, 2017 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers This article is a One Room With A View first - the 'scene stealer' performance coming from an animated film, with Peter O'Toole's voice-acting rendition of Anton Ego. Ten years after the release of...
