Wanted your weekly dose of The Simpsons with a dash of dark commentary regarding its reliance on overseas labor and its owner, 20th Century Fox? Then you must have enjoyed last night's opening title sequence for the long-running animated show. The Wooster Collective says, "In what has to be one of the most closely guarded secrets in TV history, the 'couch gag' opening of tonight's episode of The Simpsons was storyboarded and directed by none other than Banksy." more ›

Indie animator Bill Plympton has just finished his sixth animated feature, for which he hand drew every cell. Called Idiots and Angels, it tells the haunting and humorous story of a dyspeptic working stiff who wakes up one morning and finds, to his horror, angel's wings sprouting out of his back. Try as he may to rid himself of the grotesque mutation, they inevitably take over his life and soon become the wings of desire for a quack doctor and a covetous bartender at the local dive; a riot of scheming and slapstick violence ensues. Like the best of Plympton's distinctive oeuvre, Idiots and Angels bounces merrily along from the profane to the sublime, with a parade of arresting images that have a way of sticking with you for days. It premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival Saturday night; details on screenings here. more ›