The story of Satyajit Ray is intertwined with the story of a nation and begins with his birth into a political reformist family in Calcutta in 1921. His father was a satirist, his grandfather a writer and publisher; however, Ray's career began in advertising. Ray's growing reputation as an illustrato

Layered, Lyrical, Sincere, Sublime

"Faggot-Retard" was Todd Solondz's initial title of choice for his second feature film. He opted instead for the less inflammatory "Welcome to the Dollhouse," which fortunately did nothing to dilute the tenderly misanthropic cult classic about a pubescent protagonist taunted by the alternating appell

Dark, Depressive, Domestic, Neurotic

'I wanted to make a movie that would be a jumble of images, instead of just showing the highlights of each scene. I wanted to show the details, and if such detail could be seen as a mosaic of the whole, and in retrospect, if the view could recall the movie in that way, then that would fit my intentio

Dense, Dystopic, Kaleidoscopic, Overflowing, Paranoid

Brothers Max and Dave Fleischer, the sons of European immigrants, arrived in New York City in 1887. As a teenager, Max attended various trade schools and art programs before he began work as a cartoonist, photographer, and photo-engraver for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Both brothers took up animation a

Candy, Charming, Ebullient, Funny, Pioneering