Giving animation giants Pixar and Disney another run for their box office money, the Oregon-based LAIKA animation studio has a new contender in “The Boxtrolls.” Two previous LAIKA films, 2012’s ...

Though it has some story issues, Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi's The Boxtrolls is a technical marvel, a traditional stop-motion animation film that uses modern technology to augment the original ...

A spooky surrealism has been the specialty of the Oregon-based animation studio Laika, the Pacific Northwest purveyors of 3-D stop-motion. The self-stylized descendants of the Brothers Grimm and Neil ...

SEATTLE — Your favorite stop-motion characters have come to Seattle! Featured at the Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) is Hidden Worlds: The Films of LAIKA, a new exhibit highlighting the numerous ...

The dance sequence — less than 2 minutes of the film — took Laika 18 months to animate By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor When this season’s Annie Award nominations for animation were announced, it was ...

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