Russian animation director Fyodor Khitruk once said in an interview that the best award he ever received was when Disney director Woolie Reitherman told him, “You know, your Winnie is better than mine ...

Between 1969 and 1972, three Winnie-the Pooh films, directed and created by animator Fyodor Khitruk, came out in the USSR. The first of the American Pooh films had come out just a few years before.

With its totally un-Pixarlated look and nougaty nostalgia core, Disney’s new “Winnie the Pooh” movie might be the perfect antidote for the summer 3-D blockbuster. Then again, do you really want to pay ...