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Friday Night Flicks: Phenomena Exotica

Posted on June 5, 2020 by

A little bit of light entertainment this Friday, with a short animation from filmmaker Jossie Malis.     In case you experience an episode of synchronicity this weekend, remember that you should never underestimate the power of coincidence.

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Friday Night Flicks: Creature Comforts

Posted on May 29, 2020 by

Tim Allen is one of the great stop-motion animators working today. If you have watched a stop motion animated film in the last decade, Allen probably worked on it. Today’s flick is from a series I am particularly fond of: … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Gizmosis

Posted on April 17, 2020 by

This week’s flick is just a little bit of light entertainment from Art&Graft Studio.     If you would like to check out more work from Art&Graft this weekend, their Vimeo page is here. I particularly recommend The Walk and, … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Wheel of Life

Posted on February 28, 2020 by

There hasn’t been a zoetrope animation on Friday Night Flicks for a while. Today’s video by André Gidoin features a paper carousel. From the text on Vimeo: Paper is one of the most versatile and beautiful mediums available to makers, … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: La Valse Botanique

Posted on February 14, 2020 by

Last in this series on papercut artists, tonight’s flick is a papercut stop-motion animation by Studio Apvis. The video even has a romantic ending appropriate for the date.     Perhaps you will share La Valse Botanique with your Valentine … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: The Joy of Books, Again

Posted on December 27, 2019 by

I’m taking it a bit easy for a few days after all the Advent posts, so today’s wonderful stop-motion flick is a re-post from August of 2015. If you saw it then, I hope you enjoy it this time around … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Nicholas Was

Posted on December 20, 2019 by

Some of you may feel the need of an antidote to a surfeit of seasonal comfort and joy about now, so today’s flick should do the trick. I first posted the video five years ago, but many of you may … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: First Christmas

Posted on December 13, 2019 by

Tonight’s flick is another story that gives a nod to the seasonal promotion of love and friendship and “goodwill toward men”, done in an entertaining and non-saccharine way. (And I couldn’t resist a film with a tiggywinkle as protagonist.)   … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Flicks: Christmas 2019 Ad | John Lewis & Partners and Waitrose & Partners

Posted on December 6, 2019 by

It’s the first Friday in December, and in the hopes of showing this to you before everyone on your mailing list and all your Facebook friends have recommended it, I am posting this at the beginning of the month rather … Continue reading →

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Bonus Flick: The Halloween Costume

Posted on October 31, 2019 by

It has been a while since I posted any animation, so I thought it would be nice to have an animated video for Hallowe’en. This quiet little flick by Jonathon Yule tells the story of his favourite costume.     … Continue reading →

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