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ShareLast weekend the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens hosted several screenings and signings with the talented and hard working Bill Plympton. Saturday and Sunday, 6/4 and 6/5, they’ll be presenting the remarkable Fantastic Mr. Fox. Earlier this year … Continue reading
Horn Tooting: An Elevating Adornment
ShareHere’s a brief roundup of some reviews for “Carol Channing: Larger Than Life”. The film had it’s premiere at The Tribeca Film Festival, placing third in the Audience Award and then went off to HotDocs in Toronto. Variety says “The … Continue reading
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Pillows, Movies, Books
ShareReceived an email the other day from our pal Phil Marden about his newest creative out: illustrated pillows. http://www.pilloporto.com/ If you want your child to grow up with great taste, if you want your pet to behave like a pet … Continue reading
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Double Feature in the Future
ShareMonday, February 7th, two documentaries we’ve worked on will make their US broadcast debuts. At 9:00 on WLIW (channel 21 in the NYC area and Long Island) will premiere “Cab Calloway: Sketches”. This picture was directed by Gail Levin and … Continue reading
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Secondhand News
ShareTurns out we’ve been using our Twitter feed as a newsline: www.twitter.com/asteriskpix. Most of it is non-Asterisk animation stuff. Here are a few stories from the past few days. BLAKE EDWARDS PASSES Blake Edwards, of course, wrote and directed the … Continue reading
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Odds. Ends.
ShareTonight is the last night for Geoff Marslett’s “Mars” in DUMBO. CLICK HERE for info. Whatever your plans are -change them. Go to this instead. Unless you’re already planning to go, then don’t change your plans. ************ Our pal Doug … Continue reading
Posted in american masters, futurism, jeff bridges, martha colburn, news
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