Fashions come and go, but Estonia is still betting on puppet and stop-motion animation. “It may not be mainstream anymore, but Estonian stop-motion is still thriving, with many directors choosing it ...

First things first: Stop-motion animation, especially in old science fiction and fantasy movies, is great. It looks good. It’s fun. It doesn’t need to be “fixed.” That said, the internet’s mad ...

Stop motion animation (also called stop frame animation) is a cinematic and creative technique that breathes life into physical objects through sequential photography. Objects are manipulated in tiny ...

There's something intrinsically human about stop-motion animation. It requires building small sets and figurines that must be meticulously positioned for 24 frames-per-second to give the feeling of ...

Based in Los Angeles, Devon is a screenwriter and producer in the independent film industry, bringing a cinephiles persepective. He works in creative development, writing script coverages and pitch ...

Tasha Robinson is the entertainment editor at Polygon, writing about whatever she can get away with: Movies, TV, books, graphic novels, TTRPGs, fandom, and anything else in the cultural sphere. She ...

Human beings are strange creatures; we eat weird food combinations, don funny outfits, and sometimes even drink ourselves silly. Perhaps strangest of all is our love of being scared. From haunted ...

"Severance" production designer Jeremy Hindle and Starburns Michael Granberry tell IndieWire how a lack of surveillance footage from Season 1 led to the stop-motion sequence in the Season 2 premiere. ...

Even before Nike founder Phil Knight acquired the studio that would be renamed Laika in 2002, it was already a staple of the Oregon filmmaking landscape. Will Vinton Studios spent 30 years creating ...