Parenthood is an act often taken for granted. I know this personally as the mom of a 6-year-old daughter and a 4-year-old son. I also understand it as a daughter; my mom died before I had the ...

With emotionally insightful storytelling and a beautiful design, “The Wild Robot” is a moving film that explores the complexities of parenthood, identity, and belonging. As the name suggests, the film ...

This director deserves far more appreciation than he gets today for blazing a trail in giant robot cinema. Director Stuart ...

Is anxiety hot? Therapists probably think so, and this year movie executives have joined them. Anxiety stole the show in the biggest box-office hit, “Inside Out 2,” and now it’s back, albeit in ...

It’s one of those strange but immutable truths of the movies that a song like Earth, Wind & Fire’s “September” can play in roughly a thousand films before a movie about a dog and a robot comes along ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with director Pablo Berger about his new animated film, "Robot Dreams," about a lonely dog in New York City who buys a robot to keep him company. Sometimes friends have a ...