Academy Award nominated filmmaker and beloved animator Bill Plympton will make a rare stop in Cleveland this month at the Cleveland Cinematheque. “Plympton's cartoons are beautifully rendered and very funny,” says Ewing, co-founder and director of the Cleveland Cinematheque located in the Cleveland Institute of Art. Plympton, whose shorts have been recognized at the Oscars on several occasions, will also make a visit to the Cinematheque next month. The animator is world-renowned for his still hand-drawn shorts and feature films that are brilliantly pencil sketched in skillfully abstr...
“Carancho” is a fast paced dramatic thriller with enough unconventional elements to standout among other films of its kind. Argentine director Pablo Trapero successfully grabs your attention early on and never lets go. Sosa is an ambulance chasing lawyer that works for a sleazy company which takes advantage of those involved in traffic accidents. Referred to by most as a vulture who swoops down and snatches up his clients at their most vulnerable, Sosa is a likeable enough anti-hero that over time you get the feeling cares more for the victims rather than the money he makes off of them....
