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Criterion’s Mobile Closet Wasn’t About The Van—It Was About IRL Friendships We Made Along The (Five-Hour) Way

Criterion president Peter Becker reflects on how Closet Picks evolved from a spontaneous idea into a beloved ritual among cinephiles for its 40th anniversary roadshow celebration.

October 20, 2025

100 Meters Director On Capturing The Art And Agony Of Track And Field Through Rotoscope Animation

Kenji Iwaisawa hopes his film adaptation will be “the first of its kind” to bring the quiet intensity of track to the big screen

VTuber Mori Calliope’s Anime Dream Came Full Circle In Creating Gachiakuta’s New Theme Song

Mori Colliope's longtime love for Gachiakuta’s manga and her close bond with creator Kei Urana helped shape its explosive new song “Let’s Just Crash”

Inside The Soulframe Scene Where You Go Inside A Bear

"There is a running gag that I watched over 40 hours of bear colonoscopy videos"

September 24, 2025

What’s Harder To Draw: Horses Or Kisses? We Asked An Expert

Castlevania’s Samuel Deats explains the technical night-mare behind drawing moving horses and intimate kisses

September 16, 2025

The Author Immortal Is A Metanarrative Isekai Comic That Explores The Messiness Of Separating The Art From The Artist

Amid canceled creators, cultural reckonings, and A.I.’s rise, Frank Barbiere and Morgan Beem’s new Image Comics series invites readers to reclaim fantasy and confront who stories truly serve

September 9, 2025

10 Months In The Making, Play For Peace Bundle Launches To Raise Money for Palestinian Aid

‘It was important that our charity's proceeds directly went to Palestinian relief efforts’

September 4, 2025

Overwatch 2 Developers Say They’re Leaning Into What Works

'We are trying to take bigger swings, bigger risks, and bring more change to the game faster than we did in the past.'

‘It’s Just Not Impressive If A Robot Is Doing It:’ Soundalike Voice Actors On AI

Jennifer Hale joins voice actors calling for ethical boundaries as AI reshapes (and erases) the traditions of soundalike performances