Say what you will about gaming auteur and Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima, but the man clearly has a talent for the pitch. On its surface, post-apocalyptic mailman simulator Death Stranding doesn't lend itself well to a cinematic universe, given its slow, action-averse gameplay. — Read the rest

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This fascinating animation clip is from a film called Renaissance, made in 1963 by Walerian Borowczyk. The stop-motion animation shows a destroyed room that slowly puts itself back together. It suggests that a ghost is moving everything around and reconstructing each broken item. — Read the rest

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I just saw the new stop-motion animated movie from Laika Studios, and it is absolutely stunning. It's breathtakingly beautiful, and the fact that it's achieved through stop motion puppets and physical sets is a wonder. And that's all in service to an emotional and thrilling story. — Read the rest

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