To be fari, The Legend of Ochi is a love-it-or-hate-it affair, and some may see its display of gross, sweaty, moist, tousled, smelly-looking, warts-and-all practical visual effects as endearing in ...

A Minecraft Movie (PG for violence, suggestive language, product tie-ins) action, comedy, family — A mysterious portal pulls ...

A new A24 fantasy film helmed by a California native preaches reconciliation between man and beast. It hits home in a state ...

The Legend of Ochi, Isaiah Saxon’s feature film debut, which he has also written, is a simple story, marvelously told with a breathtaking mix of location-shooting, puppetry, animatronics ...

Anything’s possible, but not everything’s advisable. The writer-director Isaiah Saxon, making a strong feature debut here, knows this and proves it. While “The Legend of Ochi” mixes ...

Paul Manalatos as an Ochi and Helena Zengel as Yuri in 'The Legend of Ochi' (2025). Film Critic Paul Manalatos as an Ochi and Helena Zengel as Yuri in 'The Legend of Ochi' (2025). Straining to ...

“I have an allegiance towards the moral superiority of children, and the script was written from that perspective,” Isaiah Saxon told me during an interview ahead of the release of his feature ...

The Legend of Ochi is an American fantasy adventure film composed and directed by Isaiah Saxon. Released on April 25, 2025, this marks Saxon’s feature film debut, featuring Helena Zengel ...

Set on the remote island of Carpathia, Isaiah Saxon’s film introduces Yuri (Helena Zengel) and her father, Maxim (Willem Dafoe), who lead a hunt for the brightly colored, simian-like Ochi.

Previously crafting music videos for the likes of Björk, director Isaiah Saxon has taken his fascination for fantasy worlds to the big screen with his feature film debut “The Legend of Ochi.” ...

Sometimes, filmmaking can really be an excuse for nerds to research stuff. Writer and director Isaiah Saxon spent years developing “The Legend of Ochi” to be a fantasy adventure that looks and ...

Among them was The Legend of Ochi, directed by renowned music video director Isaiah Saxon. This film marked his debut as a movie director, in association with A24. The Legend of Ochi made its ...