Film Favs 2024
Films I watched (again) and dug in 2024 — in no particular order:
Yardie – directed by Idris Elba
How To Train Your Dragon – directed by Chris Sanders, Dean DeBlois
The Vast Of Night – directed by Andrew Patterson
Society Of The Snow – directed by J. A. Bayona
The Only Living Boy In New York – directed by Marc Webb
Uncle Frank – directed by Alan Ball
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse – directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson
Manchester By The Sea …
Film Favs 2023
Films I watched (again) and dug in 2023 — in no particular order:
In The Mood For Love – directed by Wong Kar-wai
The Last Movie Star – directed by Adam Rifkin
Sicario – directed by Denis Villeneuve
All Quiet On The Western Front – directed by Edward Berger
Saturday Night Fever – directed by John Badham
Rocky – directed by John G. Avildsen
The Silence of the Lambs – directed by Jonathan Demme
Arctic – directed by Joe Penna
Tucker: The Man And His Dream – directed by …
THE SWIMMER: Key Art
Some original Key Art created for THE SWIMMER, an animated short film featuring an ambitious Swimmer who starts small and wins big! Directed and animated by Reynier Molenaar, with an epic collaboration with his family.
For more info, check out: http://reyniermolenaar.com/theswimmer
Director-Animator: Reynier Molenaar
Producers: The Molenaar Family
Featuring: Itzel Molenaar, Metzli Molenaar, Tootie Molenaar and Surprise Guest
THE SWIMMER: Animation Tests
Traditional Cel Animation Tests for THE SWIMMER, an animated short film featuring an ambitious Swimmer who starts small and wins big! Directed and animated by Reynier Molenaar, with an epic collaboration with his family.
For more info, check out: http://reyniermolenaar.com/theswimmer
Director-Animator: Reynier Molenaar
Producers: The Molenaar Family
Featuring: Itzel Molenaar, Metzli Molenaar, Tootie Molenaar and Surprise Guest
THE SWIMMER: Frame Grabs
Frame Grabs from THE SWIMMER, an animated short film featuring an ambitious Swimmer who starts small and wins big! Directed and animated by Reynier Molenaar, with an epic collaboration with his family.
For more info, check out: http://reyniermolenaar.com/theswimmer
Director-Animator: Reynier Molenaar
Producers: The Molenaar Family
Featuring: Itzel Molenaar, Metzli Molenaar, Tootie Molenaar and Surprise Guest
THE SWIMMER: Storyboards
Original Storyboards for THE SWIMMER, an animated short film featuring an ambitious Swimmer who starts small and wins big! Directed and animated by Reynier Molenaar, with an epic collaboration with his family.
For more info, check out: http://reyniermolenaar.com/theswimmer
Director-Animator: Reynier Molenaar
Producers: The Molenaar Family
Featuring: Itzel Molenaar, Metzli Molenaar, Tootie Molenaar and Surprise Guest
THE SWIMMER: Promo Loops
Promo Loops for THE SWIMMER, an animated short film featuring an ambitious Swimmer who starts small and wins big! Directed and animated by Reynier Molenaar, with an epic collaboration with his family.
For more info, check out: http://reyniermolenaar.com/theswimmer
Director-Animator: Reynier Molenaar
Producers: The Molenaar Family
Featuring: Itzel Molenaar, Metzli Molenaar, Tootie Molenaar and Surprise Guest
THE SWIMMER: Posters
Posters and Title Treatments for THE SWIMMER, an animated short film featuring an ambitious Swimmer who starts small and wins big! Directed and animated by Reynier Molenaar, with an epic collaboration with his family.
For more info, check out: http://reyniermolenaar.com/theswimmer
Director-Animator: Reynier Molenaar
Producers: The Molenaar Family
Featuring: Itzel Molenaar, Metzli Molenaar, Tootie Molenaar and Surprise Guest
Film Favs 2021
Films I watched (again) and dug in 2021 — in no particular order:
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – directed by George C. Wolfe
Sound Of Metal – directed by Darius Marder
Dazed And Confused – directed by Richard Linklater
Coming To America – directed by John Landis
Judas And The Black Messiah – directed by Shaka King
Dune Part One – directed by Denis
Film Favs 2020
Films I watched (again) and dug in 2020 — in no particular order:
I Lost My Body – directed by Jérémy Clapin
Inception – directed by Christopher Nolan
1917 – directed by Sam Mendes
Klaus – directed by Sergio Pablos
The Skeleton Twins – directed by Craig Johnson
Honey Boy – directed by Alma Har’el
One Child Nation – directed by Nanfu Wang, Lynn Zhang
Marriage Story – directed by Noah Baumbach
Yesterday – directed by Danny Boyle
MFKZ – directed by Guillaume Renard, Shoujirou Nishimi
Wild Wild Country – directed …