Did I have long stretches of happy grinning while watching Robot Dreams, even on my subsequent rewatches, when I knew what was coming? Yes, I did. An Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Feature ...

Peter Brown’s middle-grade book, about an intelligent robot living in the wilderness, had been sitting on the shelf at DreamWorks Animation for a bit. No one had quite figured it out. Then Sanders, ...

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Sometimes a movie debuts at a film festival and the acclaim seems practically universal. The response is so good, so amazing, so [checks thesaurus] ebullient that it makes you wonder if the whole ...

Animated films that explore the relationship between technology and nature have captivated audiences with stories that blend adventure, heart, and a sense of wonder for years. The Wild Robot, adapted ...

The Wild Robot has toppled many Box Office records since its debut in theaters, becoming an instant hit across the world and cementing itself as one of the year's best films. After recently entering ...

Directors of some of of the year’s most notable animated features talk about the design and inspiration behind key characters including a sentient robot, expressive cat and villainous penguin. Twins ...

“It’s pure cinema,” Guillermo del Toro tells me via email, “affecting and gorgeous, and because it’s animation, it is absolutely a creation and not a re-creation.” The revered Mexican director and ...

The animated conversation this year has been dominated by the medium’s biggest grosser yet (“Inside Out 2”) and one of the most acclaimed big-studio entries in years (“The Wild Robot”). But don’t ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Filmmaker Chris Sanders had finally cracked ...