Mike Judge (“Beavis and Butthead,” “Office Space,” “Idiocracy”) curates another slice of weird and sometimes wonderful animation output. While none of the Oscar-nominated shorts from the past year are on the roster (that selection played in theaters several months ago), there are twenty or so titles in this fast batch. Best title on show: Corky Quackenbush’s “Yombi the Crotch-Biting Sloup.” Best concatenation of catastrophe: Stephan Mueller’s “Mr. Schwartz, Mr. Hazen and Mr. Horlocker.” Best adaptation of a Billy Collins poem: Julian Grey’s serene “Forgetfulness.” (Ray Pride)
Seeing The Elephant: A Review Of Babylon The boisterous, brawling yet melancholy "Babylon," is a variation on film history, but more drawing for drama. It's gaudy and mean, celebratory and sorrowful.
Heart: A Review of Soul The real world is soulful, too, in Pixar's bountiful life of the mind.
Heart of Darkness: A Review of The Batman The three-hour film noir unfolds briskly, an intensive study in the pervasive interplay of power, money and corruption in what seems like perpetual rainy night.
