As good as “WALL*E” and “Kung Fu Panda” are, summer’s animation parade tends to be a kid-chaperone affair. Still, fans of original animation and the computer-generated image don’t need “Fritz the Cat” to remind them that animation’s pleasures reach far beyond the booster-seat and tween crowds. Just ask the folks who put together “The Animation Show 4.” Mike Judge once again curated this tangy, mature mix of international shorts, including Australian Dave Carter’s “Psychotown” and Brits Smith & Foulkes’ “This Way Up,” above. Some have wowed audiences on the film fest circuit. A number are U.S. premieres. All of them suggest the world of animation is aesthetically vivid, narratively clever and belongs to adults just as much.
Starting today, the Starz FilmCenter, Ninth Street and Auraria Parkway $6-$7.50; 303-820-3456 or
