How the photoreal CG dwarves compare with the characters from "The Jungle Book," "The Lion King," "Mufasa," and more. Despite ...

As a new exhibition offers a unique glimpse at the craft that goes into their hallucinatory stop-motion animations, we visit the Quay brothers at their studio.

Dormitorium: The Film Décors of the Quay Brothers’ is open now at London's Swedenborg House and is running until 4 April.

This trilogy of stop-motion shorts achieves its effect with a mix of traditional and cutting-edge animation techniques.

In this exquisite stop-motion animation crafted from wood and wool, an anxious puppet journeys into the foggy unknown ...

Directed by James Ashcroft In UK and Ireland Cinemas from 14th March 2025 After suffering a stroke whilst sentencing a criminal in court, Judge Stefan Mortensen unfortunately finds himself [...] ...

Archaeologists have unearthed five ceramic puppets from a pyramid in San Isidro, El Salvador. The figurines date back 2,400 years, and significantly, all have dramatic facial expressions.

Forget Goethe, never mind Marlowe: this revival and reworking of the 1995 production of ‘Faustus in Africa!’ is from another dimension. It features live actors, charcoal animations and ...

In the time between the new year and the beginning of February, I streamed more movies and shows than ever before in January 2025. Some would think that watching all those titles within the space ...

The animation studio, led by directors Jack Cunningham and Nicolas Ménard, has released Triple Bill, an anthology of short films where each frame features a unique 3D printed puppet. Usually, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Archaeologists have discovered rare, 2,400-year-old puppets in El Salvador that may have been used in public rituals to perform well-known events that were "mythical or real." The finding suggests ...