Ginger and Rocky of “Chicken Run” fame and the eponymous Shaun the Sheep and Wallace and Gromit represent the pinnacle of claymation achievement. All created from scratch by British animation studio...

As the force of nature behind Indiana Jones and Star Wars, George Lucas is renowned in the world of filmmaking. His immersive worldbuilding has made indelible impressions on generations of moviegoers;...

Whether it’s “Despicable Me,” “Star Wars” or “The Wolf of Wall Street,” many movies and TV shows have paid homage to “The Godfather” over the years. Helmed by Francis Ford Coppola, considered...

When Ghibli Park, a Studio Ghibli-themed amusement park, opened in November 2022, some visitors were shocked to find none of the usual fixtures associated with amusement parks. The park has no rides, no...

To purchase his first camera, Zhang Yimou sold his own blood. During the Cultural Revolution in China, he was sentenced to a re-education camp through no fault of his own. When he returned, Zhang — at...

Within the top 250 highest-grossing films in 2022, women accounted for 24% of directors, producers, and writers on set. Since the first Academy Awards were handed out in 1929, only three women — Kathryn...