One inevitably recurring theme in the many films you get see at festivals like VIFF is how the world isn’t going to give you the answers to life’s hard questions. It is often that the filmmakers must make meaning of…
Laika Celebrates 10 Years of Bold Filmmaking
Laika, a team of world-class filmmakers, artists and technicians, who over the course of ten years and three films have quite literally reshaped the format of animated cinema. Opting for an approach different than that of its computer generated counterparts…
Watch: Teaser Trailer for Laika’s Upcoming ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’
From animation studio LAIKA (Coraline and ParaNorman), comes it’s next innovative stop motion film sure to entertain audiences. Set in a magical version of Japan, Kubo and the Two Strings is an action-adventure that tells the story of a kindhearted,…
The Film Canon: Alice (1988)
“Now you will see a film,” the young red lips tell us, “made for children.” A pause, a break, and the lips return. “Perhaps.” Another pause, another break. “But I nearly forgot!” Pause, break, a piano ascends a major scale…
Movie News: Laika Studio to Auction Over 250 Set Pieces at ‘The Art of Laika’
The Art of LAIKA Offered For First Time By Heritage Auctions Production Puppets, Models, Props and Original Handmade Art from Oscar®-Nominated Animation Studio to Be Auctioned on February 12, 2015; Portion of Proceeds to Benefit The Art of Elysium Non-Profit…