Tag: Bakshi
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This 70s Fantasy Epic Is One of the Weirdest Animated Movies Ever Made
Let me just lay it out for you, Wizards is one of the most bizarre animated movies ever made. It’s a fantasy epic from Ralph Bakshi, the same filmmaker behind the original animated adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. But before Bakshi could touch Middle Earth, he had to carve out his own fantastical…
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‘Cool World’ Is the Slimy, Adult Answer to ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit?’ Best Watched After Midnight
On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age.First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing.Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation.The…