All of that research eventually coalesced into the Ochi, a species of scavenger primates with a unique, throat-singing ...

The baby creature from “The Legend of Ochi” has captured the internet’s heart — just as its creators intended.

Sundance Film Festival screened several exciting films from January 23 to February 2, 2025. Among them was The Legend of Ochi ...

Isaiah Saxon, who made his feature film debut with The Legend of Ochi (A24), describes a "giant corporate garden" that independent filmmakers find difficult to enter as one controlled by a few ...

The cast and crew of A24's latest sci-fi epic, including Finn Wolfhard, break down filming in the remote Romanian mountains.

The Legend of Ochi writer-director Isaiah Saxon talks about making the adorable creature at the heart of the movie’s fantasy ...

In today’s world overflowing with overused franchises and CGI spectacles, The Legend of Ochi looks and feels like a time ...

Isaiah Saxon's directorial debut film, "The Legend of Ochi," is a visually impressive film, involving elements that fall flat ...

Writer and director Isaiah Saxon was very much reflecting on the Santa Cruz Mountains and their redwood forests when devising ...

At the center of the story is the baby Ochi creature; not a CGI creation, but a fully practical puppet operated by five puppeteers, led by veteran puppeteer Robert Tygner (whose credits include ...

For Saxon, who makes his feature debut with The Legend of Ochi, seeing the puppet was the culmination of years' worth of ...

We all kind of think we know what VFX looks like — or at least what bad VFX looks like. We can often feel when ...