Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'animation'
March 3, 2008
Each week, Torontoist examines the upcoming TV listings and makes note of programs that are entertaining, informative and of quality. Or, alternately, none of those. The result: Televisualist.......
Continue Reading "Televisualist: Smiths, Moby, and Classic Bogie"February 8, 2008
Our favourite Bloor Street comic emporium is having an event tomorrow that sounds totally neat. The Labyrinth proudly hosts its first-ever group show tomorrow evening, an event called Vinyl Graffiti. They accepted submissions of art in any medium for which an old vinyl record sleeve could be used as the canvas. The event starts at 7:00 p.m., but at 8:00 p.m. they will begin a Character Design Face Off competition. Anyone who shows up......
Continue Reading "Tell Me, Sarah, What Do You Think of My Labyrinth?"December 28, 2007
Torontoist is ending the year by naming our Heroes and Villains of 2007––the people, places, and things that we've either fallen head over heels in love with or developed uncontrollable rage towards over the past twelve months. Get your dose, starting Boxing Day and running into the new year, three times a day––sunrise, noon, and sunset. Many Annex-dwellers rejoiced last December when BMV opened its fabulous new Bloor Street location, and the discount book warehouse......
Continue Reading "Hero: The Labyrinth"December 24, 2007
It’s that time of year again: the time when ironic bloggers across the world post links to the Star Wars Holiday Special, quip about how terrible it is, and boast about not being able to watch it all the way through (usually linking to the five-minute-long version of it on YouTube). However! We here at Torontoist are bucking that trend. Yes, we can sneer at things as well as anyone, but we’re not going......
Continue Reading "Have a Happy Life Day"March 9, 2007
Torontoist officially can’t wait for the first home renovation programme to have its interior designer kick open a door to an empty room and scream "This…Is…SPARTAN!" referencing this week’s biggest release, 300. On the topic of 300, we link you to the best review ever featured on the otherwise not-particularly-good Ain’t It Cool News. Neill Cumpston enthuses, "If you watch this movie and go into a Taco Bell, and say to the cashier, 'I......
Continue Reading "Film Friday: This...Is...STARTER! (For 10)"March 7, 2007
Listen up doodlers, animaniacs, and true believers. This month, Max the Mutt Animation School wants to give you super powers! Well, super-artistic powers, anyway. From Saturday, March 10 to Sunday, March 18, Max the Mutt will be open to the public. If you’ve been considering animation as a career, or if you’re just curious about how all those neat-o pictures come to life, this is your chance to get a behind-the-scenes look at the animation......
Continue Reading "Drawing a Crowd"February 23, 2007
Bunch Family is at it again. The family oriented group, who also run the Family Dance Party and Bunch Rocks events, bring the Bunch Family Salon to The Arts and Letters Club (14 Elm St.) this Saturday, February 24th, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The event "is a symposium of art, music and ideas for kids and parents," keeping the Bunch tradition that family events should be designed with both the children and parents......
Continue Reading "Bunch Family's Social Scene"September 26, 2006
Our boy reporter called him "arguably the greatest Canadian animator ever" after viewing the Best of Norman McLaren during the Toronto International Film Festival, so you might be interested to see that starting tonight the NFB are celebrating 65 years of animation production with nightly, free of charge events. Tonight at 7pm, a Masterclass with BAFTA-award-winning filmmaker Jonathan Hodgson. On Wednesday at 7pm, "24 Frames Per Second", the Mediatheque’s 2D Animation workshop for adults, using......
Continue Reading "Norman McLaren at NFB Mediatheque"