Animation

Sullen middle school freshman Kokoro (Ami Touma), is frightened to attend school after getting bullied by her aggressive female peers.…

At its best, Pixar is unbeatable, making clever, charming, and brightly original films to touch the heart and spark the…

“Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” is a cheerful, colorful animated film about a shy, academically gifted young girl with a protective mother…

I can vividly remember playing the first Nintendo version of “Super Mario Bros.” when I was just a boy in…

My esteemed colleague Christy Lemire opened her review of “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” with a quote from her nine-year-old asking…

Makoto Shinkai, the director of “Your Name” and “Weathering with You,” is one of the most successful current filmmakers in…

Terry Rossio, one of the writers of “Shrek,” brings some of that fractured fairy tale energy to this week’s odd…

A magician’s trick goes wrong and an elephant falls from the ceiling. A secret is hidden in a lie. A mysterious…

Spanish animator Alberto Vázquez is setting himself up for a challenge with “Unicorn Wars.” An uneasy blend of non-threatening characters…

Decades before his name became instantly associated with macabre wonder, Guillermo del Toro conjured up accomplished special effects makeup for…