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 ...

“The Primevals,” a movie in the lineage of “Jason and the Argonauts,” was filmed 30 years ago. It has finally been released. By Christopher Kuo Movies like “Dune: Part Two” and “Challengers” arrived ...

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, ...

Stop motion animation (also called stop frame animation) is a cinematic and creative technique that breathes life into physical objects through sequential photography. Objects are manipulated in tiny ...

Stop-motion films are incredibly difficult to make, requiring animators to take thousands upon thousands of pictures as they pose and barely move figures and set-pieces in order create a film.

Layann Basileh is an Arab-American writer based in Southern California, currently nursing an iced coffee addiction. Stop-motion animation is a beloved but sparingly employed film medium. Although it ...