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Comfort in times of Corona - Why adult animated films are so effective. (With Podcast)

Last year it was suddenly buzzing around: Dutch animation film is going to break through, a real animation industry has emerged. The occasion was the premiere of Heinz, Piet Kroon's whimsical and out-of-print film version of Windig and De Jong's comics. Not a children's film. And certainly not a Disney clone. We are talking about feature-length animated films, and there are many of those in the Netherlands.... 

No Time To Die? The New Cinema Conference is all about marketing - and hardly about Netflix.

What will shake up the cinema world the most in the coming years? The new James Bond film? Or a personal film tip tailored to your previous cinema visits that just pops up on your smartphone? Or perhaps a technical innovation that creates a whole new cinematic experience? Just a few things that loom around the topic of this week's New Cinema conference. A day and a half... 

Dutch youth film in dire straits too? Plenty to talk about during the Cinekid festival

The Cinekid youth film festival opens this week with Binti, a catchy, highly topical youth film brimming with optimism. That sounds good, because optimism is what the Dutch youth film can use right now. Too bad, then, that Binti, about a girl from Congo who does everything in her power to be allowed to stay in Belgium with her father, is a largely Belgian production.... 

The most important animation festival takes place in Annecy - and the Netherlands participates

I described here earlier that Dutch animation film is on the rise. And as I look around the animation festival in Annecy, France, this week, it seems nice to see how our animation filmmakers and producers are presenting themselves here. Especially since Annecy is considered the most important event worldwide in this sector. 'The Cannes of animation' I hear... 

‘We kunnen de concurrentie met Disney aan.’ Waarom de lange Nederlandse animatiefilm gaat doorbreken met Heinz en Bunuel

‘Heinz’ en ‘Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles’, beide uit op 18 april, signaleren een belangrijke ontwikkeling op gebied van de lange Nederlandse animatiefilm. Een doorbraak hangt in de lucht. Over eigenwijsheid en coproducties, Anne Frank en Miss Moxy. En wat er nog meer in aantocht is.

Planet Tim Burton lands in Flanders: 'A pressure cooker full of bizarre and disruptive ideas'

De Vlaamse wafelbakker van de Willy Wonka Wafl Factory in het Burton Cafe heeft alle films van Tim Burton gezien, zegt hij vantussen een strak hipsterbaardje. ‘Zeker omdat je de menukaart moest voorbereiden’, zeg ik. Op het menu van het – tijdelijke – Burton Café in expositieruimte C-min staan onder meer: Charlie Chocolate Wafl, Scissorhands Wafl, Oompa Loopa Wafl, Beetlejuice… 

Louis Andriessen: 'I've never found a new sound'

For Theatre of the World, his fifth full-length opera, Louis Andriessen (1939) drew inspiration from the Jesuit scholar Athanasius Kircher (1601-1680). He was the last Renaissance man, someone who could do everything and knew everything. Kircher wrote books full of the most diverse subjects, from the meaning of hieroglyphics to vulcanology and musical instruments. He even designed a cat piano, based on the idea that each cat screams at a different pitch when you tap its tail. After his death, Kircher fell into disrepute as a charlatan.

However, unusable for science, he forms gefundenes Fressen for a composer like Andriessen, who likes to explore the boundaries between reality and fiction. His opera Writing to Vermeer (1999) is based on fictional letters to the Delft painter; Rosa, a Horse Drama (1994) is about the murder of a composer, allegedly part of a conspiracy against music.

Pixar's Inside Out, but according to Jehovah's Witnesses

In a new clip, seen below, the Johavas target children. And use questionable tactics in the process. Of course: the practices of Jehovah's Witnesses are generally friendly, wishing them "also have a nice day" and closing the door is usually enough. That the Witnesses get their foot stuck between the door is by now also cliché and prejudice.... 

The five shows you must see in September

Nederlandse Reisopera, Madama Butterfly (opera), 3 september t/m 10 oktober Nederlandse sopranen zijn net voetballers. Ze vliegen de halve wereld rond, maar zijn slechts zelden in eigen land te zien. Neem nou Annemarie Kremer, in Duitsland genomineerd als ‘Sängerin des Jahres’. De Nederlandse Reisopera brengt haar door heel Nederland in de rol waarmee ze wereldfaam verwierf: de titelrol van Madama… 

Pixars Binnenstebuiten in vijf emoties

Pixar legde de lat hoog. Zo hoog, dat de recente output ronduit tegenviel. Maar Binnenstebuiten overtreft alle verwachtingen. Het voert misschien wat ver om te stellen dat Pixar eigenhandig de animatiefilm nieuw leven heeft ingeblazen. Maar sinds het door George Lucas opgerichte softwarebedrijf begon met maken van grote films werd de concurrentie weggeblazen. Toy Story brak in 1995 alle records,… 

Hatsune Miku: zijn we er dan allemaal ingetrapt?

Het is een van de meest voorbesproken voorstellingen van dit Holland Festival. Kranten, tijdschriften en webmagazines doken massaal op The End met de Japanse superster Hatsune Miku. Dat ze niet echt is. Over ons aller fascinatie voor het virtuele en technologie. Over haar tweeënhalf miljoen Facebookvrienden. Over de fans die meer dan 100.000 liedjes voor haar hebben geschreven. Over de kostuumontwerpen… 

Lauren Bacall – nog één keer die stem

Nauwelijks bekomen van de schrik na het overlijden van Robin Williams, is daar het bericht dat ook Lauren Bacall (89) ons heeft verlaten. Icoon van de film noir, dat duistere en invloedrijke genre uit de glorietijd van Hollywood. Haar eerste films, waarin ze met haar onmiskenbare aanwezigheid, haar diepe stem en haar gevoel voor sarcasme Humphrey Bogart (ze trouwde hem… 

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