The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse began life as a series of Instagram and Facebook postings by Charlie Mackesy, musing on the pandemic and sharing his drawings. Then it morphed into a beautiful illustrated book. I gave the book to my best friend soon after it was […]
It began with Charlie’s book, a lovely story with imaginative drawings. It evokes appreciation and smiles, but also a yearning that might surprise you. What happens when that original project gets more complicated? What happens when the page becomes a screen? Magic, that’s what. The short animated film that Charlie […]
This past year has been a great year for Irish films, for friends and colleagues of Gabriel Byrne, for intriguing projects that demanded more than usual from their audiences, and for movies in general, in this “we think we are over it” post-pandemic season. And it’s also a great year […]
I cried. I know. Surprise, surprise. But I did. It’s a lovely story that will take you out of yourself and then bring you back, a little wiser, a little happier. It is brought to life in an enchanting use of artistic animation and music and, so importantly, absolutely perfect […]
Updated December 10 Now that you have seen (and heard!) the new trailer, here is a bit more background on how Charlie Mackesy’s book came to life on your screen, from Animation Magazine: Animating an Amiable Fable in ‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’ About three years […]
I love it when the next Gabriel Byrne film is going to be available to as many people as possible and it looks like this one is! The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse, Charlie Mackesy’s new animated film based on his beloved book, has been acquired by […]