Larry Mantle discusses the new documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty. The film chronicles both the prolific and turbulent period of Disney animation history, from 1984-1994, and the studio's resurgence ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Hard as it is to believe today, it was not so long ago that animation in ...

Oh, what simpler times they were when Disney was trotting out movies like "The Little Mermaid" and "The Lion King" every year.Those bright, colorful animations, arriving annually like clockwork, ...

WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY From 1984 to 1994, a perfect storm of people and circumstances changed the face of animation forever. Waking Sleeping Beauty is no fairy tale. It’s the true story of how Disney ...

The beast behind “Beauty and the Beast” is a familiar one: Jealousy. While audiences marveled at the storytelling, artistry and music in the Disney cartoon, executives were jockeying for position. At ...

One of the sleeper documentary hits of SXSW, this film has been getting tons of critical acclaim. While documentaries rarely get wide theatrical release, I think once you see the trailer that Disney ...