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Nora Twomey

A collection of 5 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

Give Me Some Light

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’s gun-wielding coward

The Breadwinner’s gun-wielding coward

Nora Twomey’s Oscar-nominated animated film The Breadwinner is currently streaming on Netflix in the U.S. And I am so glad. The timing of its streaming debut was perfect for my teaching plans this week. I teach an academic writing class on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, in which I

The Breadwinner (2017)

On Movies & Media

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