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Animation Scoop: Tribeca 2024 ‘Animated Shorts Curated by Whoopi G’

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This is my Animation Scoop piece on the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival “Animated Shorts Curated by Whoopi G” presentation, including Exclusive Statements from the makers of all seven shorts. ————————- Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of 7. Jackson has written over […]
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Animation Scoop: 2023 Tribeca Shorts

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For Animation Scoop, I screened all seven shorts from the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival “Animated Shorts Curated by Whoopi G” lineup. This piece includes my thoughts on the shorts, as well as EXCLUSIVE statements from the filmmakers. You can watch these shorts through the “Tribeca At Home” Program, from June 19th through July 2nd. —————————————- […]
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Animation Scoop: 2022 Tribeca Animated Shorts

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There are six shorts part of the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival “Animated Shorts Curated by Whoopi G” presentation. I share my highlights of them, plus all the filmmakers provide exclusive statements, in this Animation Scoop piece. —————————- Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the […]
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2021 Tribeca Film Festival Animated Shorts

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These are my thoughts on all eight of the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival animated shorts that are part of the “Animated Shorts Curated by Whoopi G” presentation. ————————————— Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of 7. Jackson has written over 1,000 reviews […]
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Animation Scoop: ‘ClayDream’ Marq Evans Q&A

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“ClayDream” is a new documentary on the life and career of claymation master Will Vinton. It’s directed by Marq Evans, who joins me for this Animation Scoop Q&A. “ClayDream” screens through Tribeca At Home this Sunday June 13th. ———————————————— Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 […]
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Animation Scoop: ‘Blush’ Joe Mateo Interview

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Emmy winning former Disney animator Joe Mateo is now the director of the new Skydance animated short film “Blush”, which premieres June 13th at the Tribeca Film Festival. It will be released on AppleTV+ later this year. Mateo discusses “Blush” with me in his first interview about this short. ——————————————- Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson […]
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Animation Scoop: Tribeca Animated Shorts

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Whoopi Goldberg is presenting six new animated short films from innovative filmmakers at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Here’s my take on the 2019 TFF Animation Shorts program. —————————– Lights Camera Jackson (a.k.a. Jackson Murphy) began his career as a film critic/entertainment reporter in 2006 at the age of 7. Jackson has written over 1,000 […]
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