LAIKA ‘s films possess a truly distinctive, dreamy quality, driven by their pioneering approach to stop-motion animation.

For the acclaimed director, writer and animator Henry Selick, stop-motion animation is magic. It’s a distinctly beautiful cinematic form, with everything from detailed puppets to vast sets brought to ...

BALTIMORE - The film studio that brought you Coraline is laying the groundwork for the next generation of filmmakers in Maryland. Bowie State University is now the only college in Maryland with a stop ...

Nate Richard is a Resource Editor for Collider, a film and television critic, and a part-time amateur filmmaker. He graduated from Ball State University in December 2020 with a Bachelor's degree in ...

Animation wizard Henry Selick has seen the remastered “Coraline.” And he loves it. “It’s gorgeous. I saw it about a week and a half ago and it very much represents the original dream of how to use the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Nexus Studios The best stop motion animated films bring something purely imagined to ...

The real-life Laika — a Russian street dog who became the first animal launched into orbit — lasted mere hours in space, but paved the way for humans to eventually follow in her tracks. Today, the ...

The title character in 'Coraline,' voiced by Dakota Fanning, travels through a portal between worlds in Henry Selick's wonderfully weird stop-motion adventure. Every once in a while, a pairing comes ...

Shadow Machine/Netflix In a career spanning more than three decades, Georgina Hayns has been making puppets that have been brought to life through the art of stop-motion animation on TV shows and ...