Film review: Visually stunning ‘Wildwood’ should be seen in a theater

Film review: Visually stunning ‘Wildwood’ should be seen in a theater

LAIKA Studios returns seven years after their last stop-motion art piece with their most-staggering achievement yet.

LAIKA’s new stop-motion film “Wildwood” treats its audience and characters with delicate hands

There's a magical quality to the effort and care that must go into creating a stop-motion film. Few studios have consistently proved this as well as LAIKA, the animation company responsible for films like Coraline, ParaNorman and The Boxtrolls. After a seven-year absence from theatres, the studio returned on Oct. 23 with its latest film, Wildwood, an ambitious fantasy adventure approached with the kind of gentleness and care we don't often get t…

‘Wildwood’ is a triumph of the medium

Every so often, an animated film comes along that, by sheer creative force, demands to be taken seriously. Simply put, Wildwood is a triumph of the medium. It is the sixth film from the legendary Laika Studios and their first to be rated PG-13. Directed by Travis Knight and written by Chris Butler, Wildwood is […]

Wildwood: Pointing to and Beyond Coraline

17 years after the making of Coraline, Laika studio’s sixth stop motion animated feature emerges as a beautifully crafted echo to its most renowned film, whilst still persisting in its own right.

After 15 years in the making, ‘Wildwood’ is a testament to human creativity

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