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‘The world was hard – this movie was meant to be a hug’: Ugo Bienvenu on his heartwarming eco-fable Arco https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/19/the-world-was-hard-this-movie-was-meant-to-be-a-hug-ugo-bienvenu-on-his-heartwarming-eco-fable-arco #AnimationInFilm #Film #Culture #Oscars

‘The world was hard – this movie was meant to be a hug’: Ugo Bienvenu on his heartwarming eco-fable Arco

The polymath French film-maker might be a pessimist, but his Oscar-nominated animated film is one of light and hope – even if he did have to fund it himself

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian 6d ago

KPop Demon Hunters sequel confirmed at Netflix: ‘This is only the beginning’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/12/kpop-demon-hunters-sequel-netflix #KpopDemonHunters #AnimationInFilm #UsNews #Netflix #Film #Culture

KPop Demon Hunters sequel confirmed at Netflix: ‘This is only the beginning’

The streamer’s biggest film of all time, also nominated for two Oscars, is getting a followup

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian Mar 9

Pixar chief says LGBTQ+ plot elements cut from Elio as company is ‘not making therapy’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/09/pixar-chief-lgbtq-plot-cut-elio-not-therapy-pete-docter #Film #Pixar #LgbtqRights #AnimationInFilm #WaltDisneyCompany #Culture #WorldNews #UsNews

Pixar chief says LGBTQ+ plot elements cut from Elio as company is ‘not making therapy’

Pete Docter says Pixar will concentrate on more commercially appealing films after staff dissent over deleted scenes that implied lead character was gay

The Guardian

Culture | The Guardian US Mar 2

Hoppers review – fun Pixar flick about a teen trying to talk to the animals and save them from an evil developer https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/02/hoppers-review-family-animation-nature #Film #AnimationInFilm #Pixar #ComedyFilms #FamilyFilms #JonHamm #MerylStreep #Comedy #Culture #TelevisionRadio

Hoppers review – fun Pixar flick about a teen trying to talk to the animals and save them from an evil developer

Sprightly animation about a student’s attempt to stop the destruction of a woodland leans into Disney’s love of anthropomorphism and riffs amusingly on Avatar

The Guardian

US news | The Guardian Feb 9

Goat review – noisy, lightning-speed basketball animation does it for the kids https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/09/goat-review-animation #Film #AnimationInFilm #FamilyFilms #ComedyFilms #Basketball #StephenCurry #Comedy #Culture #GoldenStateWarriors #Nba #Sport #UsSports

Goat review – noisy, lightning-speed basketball animation does it for the kids

A diminutive young buck aspires to compete with rhinos and horses in ‘roarball’, but this by-numbers tale is not the greatest of any time

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian Jan 19

Roger Allers, Disney film-maker and co-director of The Lion King, dies aged 76 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/19/roger-allers-disney-film-maker-lion-king-dies-aged-76 #WaltDisneyCompany #Film #TheLionKing #Culture #AnimationInFilm #UsNews

Roger Allers, Disney film-maker and co-director of The Lion King, dies aged 76

With Rob Minkoff, Allers directed 1994’s The Lion King, which remains the highest-grossing traditionally animated film of all time

The Guardian

Culture | The Guardian US Jan 2

What happened next: how KPop Demon Hunters became a global phenomenon and outranked Lady Gaga https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/jan/01/kpop-demon-hunters-netflix-korean-most-watched-film #KpopDemonHunters #Film #Netflix #AnimationInFilm #Kpop #Culture

What happened next: how KPop Demon Hunters became a global phenomenon and outranked Lady Gaga

It’s the Korean fantasy movie that came out of nowhere to become Netflix’s most-watched film ever. And social media mentions of its characters are outranking those of real-life superstars

The Guardian

Culture | The Guardian US Dec 31