As we head into the final stretch of Peter Jackson-directed “Hobbit” installments—all comprehensive and extravagant three of them—take a moment to remember a time when “Lord of the Rings” was still an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An animated Ringwraith sitting on a horse in "Lord of the Rings." - United Artists The early "Lord of the Rings" and "Hobbit" ...

BAM Cinématek’s film retrospective Cool Worlds: The Animation of Ralph Bakshi begins this Friday in Brooklyn, New York. The tribute will run from May 9-20, screening a selection of Bakshi’s cult ...

One of the first animators to aim cartoons squarely at adults, Ralph Bakshi hasn’t made a film since 1992, but his new Kickstarter-funded project “Last Days of Coney Island” has him working again, and ...

Animation Legend Ralph Bakshi (Fritz The Cat, Cool World) is making his return to film in celebration of his 77th birthday on October 29th with the nationwide release of his new animated short Last ...

A year ago, Bleeding Cool reported that Dynamite Comics was to create a Fire And Ice comic book based on the 1983 animated fantasy film directed by Ralph Bakshi and a collaboration between Bakshi and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first midnight movie IndieWire After Dark ever recommended was Ralph Bakshi's "Cool World." This column's co-founder Christian ...

Footage from Ralph Bakshi‘s animated rendition of the “Lord of the Rings” (1978) has been recovered. Back in the 70s, fans of the filmmaker were left hanging on the rampart’s of Helm’s deep when the ...

Earlier this year, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of Who Framed Roger Rabbit. This month we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Ralph Bakshi’s holiday special Christmas in Tattertown, which ...

The early "Lord of the Rings" and "Hobbit" movies are animated classics, but live-action still had a role to play in their creation. Ralph Bakshi's "Lord of the Rings," released in 1978, used this ...

On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark honors fringe cinema in the streaming age with midnight movies from any moment in film history. First, the BAIT: a weird genre pick, and why we're exploring its ...