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, ...

"The Legend of Ochi" got caught up in this "VFX is for Marvel movies (derogatory)" discourse when the first trailer for the ...

From fires to spooky Transylvanian forests, Aptos native Isaiah Saxon encountered it all while filming “The Legend of Ochi.” ...

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

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

Most Hollywood monsters aren’t being rendered on this intimate scale, but there’s a craftsmanship to Ochi that the bigger ...

Daren Rabinovitch and Sean Hellfritsch—appeared on Filmmaker’s annual 25 New Faces of Film list based on the strength of their impressive work on indie rock music videos. Saxon himself had a direct ...

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

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Isaiah Saxon, writer and director of The Legend of Ochi, about chasing the mysteries of nature, ...