"But the film's singular animation style, watercolored, layered, and dreamlike, is its strongest hook, situating Wolfwalkers (2020) far apart from the CGI-heavy ilk and flattened, samey output proliferating in American kids' animation. Co-directors Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart of the Ireland-based studio Cartoon Saloon employed a mix of hand-drawn elements and digital tools to animate Wolfwalkers, pairing blocky city renderings of Kilkenny-inspired by medieval woodcuts-with organic, gestural depictions of the forest outside its stone walls."
"The film comes third in the studio's trilogy of animated folktale retellings. The Secret of Kells (2009) and Song of the Sea (2014) precede it. Wolfwalkers' story takes a blended approach, pulling inspiration from both Celtic mythos (the werewolves of Ossory) and history (Oliver Cromwell's invasion of Ireland) to inform the screenplay. Combined with its visuals, Wolfwalkers' environmentalist understory ("Nature isn't something for us to decide whether we want to protect or not," the Hollywood Reporter) feels near-spiritual in comparison t"
Repertory movie screenings in November lack a single unifying theme but collectively emphasize surreal, nonlinear, and slow-paced artful cinema requiring focused viewing. Selections include The Double Life of Véronique, The Color of Pomegranates, and Memoria. Wolfwalkers (2020) follows a hunter's daughter in 17th-century Ireland who encounters a tribe of shapeshifting wolf-folk. The film uses a watercolored, layered, dreamlike animation style that contrasts with contemporary CGI children's animation. Co-directors Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart at Cartoon Saloon combined hand-drawn elements and digital tools, blending medieval woodcut-inspired city renderings with organic forest gestures. The film blends Celtic myth, historical context, and an environmentalist understory.
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