This week, the pioneering studio Laika returns with “Missing Link,” the stop-motion animated family film starring Hugh Jackman and Zach Galifianakis. With “Missing Link” landing in theaters on Friday, ...

Indie animation is - at the risk of overstating - really, really goddamn cool. It's at the indie level of any medium where ...

Stop-motion legend Henry Selick, director of ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ and ‘Coraline,’ talks teaming with Jordan Peele for the awe-inspiring Netflix film ‘Wendell & Wild.’ Entertainment Critic ...

Those who’ve spent much time watching jittering Lego blocks on YouTube, Wallace and Gromit shorts on an iPod, or recent Tim Burton animated films in the theater know that stop-motion movie-making is a ...

Animated movies are just as popular as ever, and thanks to Pixar’s vision the computer-animated movie has been the favored format for over a decade. That’s not to say it’s the best format. Give me ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Cinema Fantasma / The Ambriz Bros. Imagine crafting an entire stop-motion feature with ...

Two days of creativity and connection featuring keynote speakers Dale Hayward and Sylvie Trouvé of See Creature Animation ...

Less than a year after making the world’s smallest animation, Nokia just ticked off that large, lurking item on the to-do list: conjuring the world’s largest stop motion animation. The new film, Gulp, ...

Stop motion movies often go bitterly underappreciated, with many stunning masterpieces of animation frequently falling by the wayside. Somewhat of a niche medium, stop motion animation can often be ...

Jacob Kastrenakes is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. One of the most stunning movie moments I can remember is for the first time ...

My son has always been into scene-setting and storytelling. He’s the sort of kid who brings a couple of “guys” with him in the car, no matter how short a distance we’ll be traveling, so he can act out ...