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Nora Twomey

A collection of 4 posts

My Father's Dragon (2022)

The source material, a 1948 children's book by Ruth Stiles Gannett, is whimsical and funny, and has clearly influenced storytellers for generations, but it's a meandering and episodic tale that lacks a certain gravity. Can Cartoon Saloon storytellers revise it into something resonant?

The secrets of Cartoon Saloon's success: a talk with Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey

The secrets of Cartoon Saloon's success: a talk with Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey

In the latest episode of Looking Closer with Jeffrey Overstreet: The Podcast, Dr. Lindsay Marshall and I talk with the world-class animators and storytellers Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey, makers of The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, The Breadwinner, and Wolfwalkers. You can listen to it here: This

Three professors profess their love for The Secret of Kells

Listen as Jeffrey Overstreet welcomes Dr. Christine Chaney and Dr. Brian Bantum from Seattle Pacific University to a conversation about the many wonders of the movie The Secret of Kells.

The Breadwinner (2017)

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The Breadwinner (2017)

On my way out of the theater, I noticed a toddler pull away from his mother's grip so that he could stare up at the poster for the movie I'd just seen: The Breadwinner. "It's Mary, Mom!" She picked him up and