Ari Folman’s broodingly original Waltz With Bashir is a documentary that seems only possible, not to mention bearable, as an animated feature. Although it can be highly explicit in detailing war’s ...

Though almost entirely animated, it’s no cartoon. “Waltz with Bashir” is an interesting aesthetic experiment in graphic novel style. The best foreign language film winner at this month’s Golden Globes ...

FUN FACT: At the 2009 Academy Awards, Israel's Waltz with Bashir became the first animated film to be nominated for the "Best Foreign Language Film" Oscar. It lost to the Japanese nominee, Departures.

NEW YORK — “Waltz With Bashir,” a groundbreaking animated documentary about Israel’s 1982 invasion of Lebanon, won the National Society of Film Critics’ 2008 best picture award Saturday. But “Happy-Go ...

The ongoing conflict between Israelis and Palestinians shows that these struggles have roots and origins that run deep. Politics aside, "Waltz with Bashir," an animated feature nominated for the Best ...

If you expect documentaries to be dry doctoral dissertations with talking heads and archival film footage, prepare to be electrified. The Israeli animated war documentary "Waltz with Bashir" is a ...

This month Democracy Now! turns 28. Since our very first broadcast in 1996, Democracy Now! has been committed to bringing you the stories, voices and perspectives you won't hear anywhere else. In ...

Animation! Its not just for kiddie movies anymore. Actually, thats been true at least since Ralph Bakshis 1972 X-rated Fritz the Cat, if not the intricately smart Looney Tunes shorts of the 1940s. But ...

"Waltz With Bashir" is an extraordinary film. This revamping of the documentary into animation tells a grim story that is at once revealingly personal, reflective of an entire segment of a society and ...

One night at a bar, an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there’s a ...

At once deeply personal and profoundly political, "Waltz With Bashir" is a magnificent achievement. The original “Zootopia” was a minor miracle. Here was a Disney ...