Jerky

 

L'Equilibriste (1878)

Directed by Emile Reynaud this is an early animated short film. A child balances a drum.

Not the best of the Reynaud catalogue. The action is a bit jerky in this animation. Also hard to find in decent image quality.

2/5

Up in the air

 

Le Jongleur (1878)

Directed by Emile Reynaud this is a short early animated film. A man juggles.

A nice little short with animation that works decently. Hard to find a good quality version of this online unfortunately. A good addition to the catalogue.

3/5

Roasted

 

Le Rotisseur (1878)

Directed by Emile Reynaud this is an early animated short film. A man roasts some meat.

A simple scene that easily repeats. The animation works pretty well, it is not too jerky. Given the age a decent short.

3/5

A man loses his head

 

The Green Knight (2021)

Directed by David Lowery this film stars Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Joel Edgerton and Ralph Ineson. An aspiring knight chops off the green knight's head with the expectation of taking the same blow in a years time.

A classic legend given a moody cinema adaptation. Enjoyable with a decent amount of depth thanks to a few modern tweaks. The kind of film all too rarely seen these days, impressively so on such a low budget.

4/5

Going through hoops

 

Les Chiens Savants (1878)

Directed by Emile Reynaud this is an early animated short film. A boy holds a hoop for dogs to jump through.

A quaint little short. Pretty fun for what it is, the animation seems to work well even if the image quality leaves a little to be desired on the copies available online. Nice addition to the series.

3/5

Fishy

 

The Aquarium (1878)

Directed by Emile Reynaud this is an early animated short film. A girl and some fish.

Does not survive in good quality. Hard to make out what is going on in the versions I saw. Not the best of the Reynaud catalogue.

2/5

A racket

 

Le Jeu du Volant (1878)

Directed by Emile Reynaud this is an early animated short film. A girl plays with a badminton racket and shuttlecock.

Very simple like the other Reynaud animations but works pretty well for what it is. Has a nice bit of charm to the style. Decent image quality.

3/5