stop-motion
Stopmotion is a unique gem within the realm of horror, capturing the disintegration of a puppet and puppeteer.
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio is amongst his finer recent films as a well as being one of the more standout adaptations of the classic fairy tale.
This battle of Nazis versus Christmas forms the unusual narrative backbone of a bizarre yet beloved Christmas classic: Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town.
The story of Rudolph is a celebration of the outcasts, yes, but what makes it gay?
With Pixar generally becoming stunningly formulaic, there is a treacherous yet tangible place opening-up for LAIKA as America’s most original studio.
The Wolf House uses stop-motion animation to render the world inside the titular house as an ever-evolving nightmare, and is completely immersive despite its freakiness.
The Grand Bizarre represents art at its most autocratic. It’s there in the imperfect stop-motion, in the spontaneous soundtrack, and yes, especially in the sneeze.
For our final report from the inaugural Fantastic Film Festival Australia, we take a look at two films that were in production for many years, Away and S He.
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon feels messily reverse engineered, a lazy Spielberg riff forcibly created just to fit the punning title.
Stop motion animation has gleefully seen a resurgence in recent years with films the likes…
My Life as a Courgette is animation at its very best, providing heart and thought-provoking ideas amidst a backdrop of eye-popping beauty.
We sat down with Kaci Smith to talk about her animation work on Kubo and the Two Strings, working as a rotoscope and digital paint artist.
Kubo and the Two Strings is a genuine masterpiece. The word “masterpiece” might be used carelessly and far too often these days when discussing contemporary movies. At the least, Kubo has fulfilled the conventional definition of “masterpiece” no matter how semantically satiated the word has become, if not entirely forging a new meaning altogether.
