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

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

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

Jami Gertz’s life story could be fit for the big screen. After growing up in a working-class family in Glenview, Illinois, ...

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

Director Isaiah Saxon of “The Legend of Ochi” sat down with The Daily Californian to discuss everything from his inspiration ...

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

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

Straining to walk in Steven Spielberg’s footsteps, Isaiah Saxon tries to replicate the legendary director’s “E.T the ...

I have an allegiance towards the moral superiority of children, and the script was written from that perspective,” Isaiah ...

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

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 15: Richard Peete, Director Isaiah Saxon, Helena Zengel, Finn Wolfhard, Emily Watson and Traci ...