Boston Cinegeeks! We’re Giving Away Passes To ‘The Legend of Ochi!’

'The Legend Of Ochi' Spurs Imagination In Another Time and Place

Substream Magazine - Music. Film. Culture. Obsession. The definitive aspect of Isaiah Saxon’s “The Legend of Ochi” is that it explores how 1980s coming-of-age films evoke a sense of wonder, sometimes danger, and visual distinctiveness. 1989’s Little Monsters made you a tad bit less afraid of things under your bed, and 1984’s “The Neverending Story” showed that other worlds were waiting to be seen on the other side of a book. Even though aliens a…

Boston Cinegeeks! We’re Giving Away Passes To ‘The Legend of Ochi!’

In a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as Ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby Ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a quest to bring him home. And we’re giving away passes! CLICK HERE to […]

Isaiah Saxon's ‘The Legend Of Ochi’ (A24) Non-Spoiler Review – A Wondrous World Needing Lore Expansion

Something often replicated in film but never accomplished is a sense of wonder. That is, the type of wonder that only films from Steven Spielberg or Hayao Miyazaki can accomplish. Spielberg has been making films for over fifty years, Miyazaki for thirty, which is to say, the attempt at capturing this feeling has been going on for a long time, but rarely executed. If I had to put Isaiah Saxon’s first feature film, The Legend of Ochi, into one wor…