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 ...

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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 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 ...

According to director and writer Isaiah Saxon, a team of five puppeteers operated the baby Ochi on set, which is what made it so impressive and life-like on-screen. First look into A24’s ...

Isaiah Saxon directs the story of a girl who discovers that the creatures in the woods known as the Ochi aren’t the real enemy. Amazing puppetry — the movie uses almost no CGI — and a ...

Willem Dafoe, Emily Watson, Finn Wolfhard, and Helena Zengel star in Isaiah Saxon's fairy tale-tinged adventure. We may earn a commission when you buy through links on our sites.