Three Proofs in Generative Animation
From Generative Animation: Volume 4 of The New Machine Cinema The three first features in generative animation constitute a system. DreadClub: Vampire’s Verdict proved that A
The Synthetic Anime
A study of anime, AI and DreadClub: Vampire’s Verdict From Generative Animation: Volume 4 of The New Machine Cinema Anime was waiting for AI before most people realized it. AI an
One Film, Three Ways: AI and CG Animation
Choose Your Protagonist: A study of My Boyfriend is a Superhero!? *From Generative Animation: Volume 4 of The New Machine Cinema* A Very Long Carriage Ride proved that style is a p
Style as Variable: A Very Long Carriage Ride
From Generative Animation: Volume 4 of The New Machine Cinema The Living, Breathing Cinema proposed that a film could survive translation across multiple valid forms while retainin
Stop Motion Without Objects
Stop Motion Animation in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Achieving Material in the Post-Material From Generative Animation: Volume 4 of The New Machine Cinema The puppet is gon
Animation After Labor
From Generative Animation: Volume 4 of The New Machine Cinema Animation after labor becomes an editorial art of selection, direction, and stabilization. The earlier arguments in th
Post-Render Genesis: The Ontology of AI Animation
From Generative Animation: Volume 4 of The New Machine Cinema AI animation is animation. That sentence should have been settled the moment the category emerged, yet it remains disp
The Preparatory Century is Over
From Generative Animation: Volume 4 of The New Machine Cinema From McCay to Machine Before it became an industry, before it crystallized into departments and pipelines and armies o
An Interview with Hooroo Jackson (“Strings”)
From Mike Haberfelner, April 6th, 2026. Your new movie Strings – in a few words, what’s it about? Strings is the first fully AI photoreal feature film which cros
Notes on the Founding Run
The founding run of six features and three volumes of theory in two and a half years is complete. Window Seat The first fully AI feature film The first feature film uti
