Repost: Song of the Sea (March 13th and 14th at the Cleveland Cinematheque)

[SONG OF THE SEA screens Friday March 13th at 7:30 pm and Saturday March 14th at 5:15 pm at the Cleveland Cinematheque.]

Review by Bob Ignizio

In most of the animated family films produced by American studios these days, magic tends to get sacrificed in favor of irony and pop culture references. If it's old fashioned timeless fantasy you crave in your cartoons, you have to look overseas to outfits like Japan's Studio Ghibli (SPIRITED AWAY, MY NEIGHBOR TORTORO). Now, it seems, one can also rely on the Irish studio Cartoon Saloon to scratch that itch. They've followed up their 2009 Oscar nominated THE SECRET OF KELLS with last year's (although just now appearing on these shores) exemplary feature SONG OF THE SEA, both directed and from stories by Tomm Moore.

Song of the Sea (opens in Akron February 6th at the Nightlight Cinema)

[SONG OF THE SEA opens in Akron on Friday February 6th exclusively at the Nightlight Cinema.]

Review by Bob Ignizio

In most of the animated family films produced by American studios these days, magic tends to get sacrificed in favor of irony and pop culture references. If it's old fashioned timeless fantasy you crave in your cartoons, you have to look overseas to outfits like Japan's Studio Ghibli (SPIRITED AWAY, MY NEIGHBOR TORTORO). Now, it seems, one can also rely on the Irish studio Cartoon Saloon to scratch that itch. They've followed up their 2009 Oscar nominated THE SECRET OF KELLS with last year's (although just now appearing on these shores) exemplary feature SONG OF THE SEA, both directed and from stories by Tomm Moore.