Tweetweek Raging

Because we're not feeling super productive, here's a random collection of tweets we loved from the past couple of weeks...

im in fuckign hysterics over this pic.twitter.com/0tNypOzcnL

— SAM (@notedchampagne) December 15, 2020

LOL. BUT THAT'S TOTALLY A GOOD QUESTION. More fun tweets after the jump...

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Cartoon Saloon: A Dream of Irish Animation

by Cláudio Alves

In the past decade, Cartoon Saloon has managed to become one of the most important studios of western animation. It all started back in 2009 when the Belgian-French-Irish co-production The Secret of Kells premiered at the Gérardmer Film Festival. That medieval fantasy went on to conquer a surprising, though amply deserved, Academy Award nomination, as have all the studios' subsequent features – 2014's Song of the Sea, 2017's The Breadwinner, and this year's Wolfwalkers.

With that last picture upon us, it feels like an appropriate time to recall the short history of this splendid studio...

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'Tis the season to be Meryl

by Juan Carlos Ojano

As a Streeper myself, what a time to be alive!

Last week, two films starring 21-time Oscar nominee Meryl Streep debuted: the dramedy Let Them All Talk (Dec. 10 on HBO Max) and the musical The Prom (Dec. 11 on Netflix). A double feature in a year is nothing new to her; she just did that in the last two years. However, her films this year could not be anymore different in terms of subject matter and filmmaking style, but both show the wide range, skill, and adaptability that Streep has, proving that her “greatest living actress” title is nowhere near a product of baseless mythologizing...

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Run Towards Me in Slow-Motion, Lily James

by Jason Adams

What are your feelings on Lily James, TFE readers? I am aware feelings about her seem to be all over the map, at least in the social media world, because whenever I post or tweet about her I hear the gamut of reactions...

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Showbiz History: Andrei Rublev, Avatar 2, and a reunion for the stars of Grease

4 random things that happened on this day, December 16th, in showbiz history

1966 Andrei Tarkovsky's classic Andrei Rublev premieres in Moscow but an actual release for moviegoers was blocked by the Soviet censors. The years will be kind to it and its reputation grows. It goes to Cannes in 1969, finally opens in the Soviet Union in 1971 (to sold out houses) and reaches US arthouses in 1973...

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