An image from director Michael Dudok de Wit's animated fable 'The Red Turtle,' one of five films nominated for the Oscar for best animated feature in 2017. (Sony Pictures Classics) Though it is among ...

The dual geniuses behind Studio Ghibli, Japan’s most revered animation company, aren’t getting any younger. At age 75, “Spirited Away” director Hayao Miyazaki has all but retired, now focusing ...

It’s no wonder that animated films have come to symbolize the commercial excesses of 21st-century Hollywood. Budgets for animated blockbusters routinely exceed $200 million and take years and an army ...

We’re born; life washes us up on various shores; we build our sand castles and navigate the years; we die. From this four-part miniseries we call human existence, the Dutch animator Michael Dudok de ...

The film recently earned five Annie Award nominations including best animated indie feature and best direction. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor The Red Turtle got a boost in the awards race on Monday ...

Dutch writer-director Michael Dudok de Wit’s first animated feature is quiet, mysterious, and breathtaking. It is almost entirely void of vocal language, other than the occasional emotive grunt. It ...

Oscar-winning animator Michael Dudok de Wit premiered his first feature in Cannes. By Jordan Mintzer A minimalist fable where man and nature bond together in some highly mysterious ways, The Red ...

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In Studio Ghibli's first-even international co-production, Japan's top anime company partners with the Oscar-winning director of wordless 2000 short "Father and Daugther." How did Japan’s most ...