On one hand, the Disney-Pixar partnership has helped choke off hand-drawn animation in favor of the computer-generated variety. On the other hand, the two outfits have preserved traditional animation ...

Oscilloscope Laboratories has acquired U.S. distribution rights to Academy Award winning documentarians Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s first narrative feature “HOWL.” Starring James Franco as a ...

With a few exceptions, Hayao Miyazaki’s adaptation of the British children’s fantasy Howl’s Moving Castle, by Diana Wynne Jones, is a pastel-hued dilution of his earlier work. What a letdown. Jones ...

Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s Allen Ginsberg-inspired “Howl” will open the 28th Outfest, the Los Angeles LGBT film festival at the Orpheum Theatre on July 8th in Downtown LA. Starring James ...

An interesting combination of courtroom drama, historical recreation and animated poetry, "Howl" is reverent enough about Allen Ginsberg that it doesn't even try to bring him to life on celluloid. The ...

In the past 12 or so months, I've seen just about every animated movie that's enjoyed a theatrical release: Shrek 2, Kaena: The Prophecy, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, Shark Tale, The Incredibles, ...