For $10 million, Isaiah Saxon creates a fantasy world more real and emotionally resonant than anything we've seen from the $300 million projects churned out every year. The Legend of Ochi is a ...

Though these wondrous creatures don’t actually exist, they were very much alive and tangible on the set of A24’s “The Legend of Ochi,” filmmaker Isaiah Saxon’s debut feature, in theaters ...

A new A24 fantasy film helmed by a California native preaches reconciliation between man and beast. It hits home in a state ...

This week’s new movies on VOD are a wild assortment of fantasy, action, and (stoner) comedy, among other things. Among some ...

The result is both tactile and otherworldly, like a real creature caught just out of time. Isaiah Saxon directs the mother Ochi. Isaiah Saxon directs the mother Ochi. Credit: A24 For director ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Isaiah Saxon, writer and director of The Legend of Ochi, about chasing the mysteries of nature, as a child and on film. On the fictional island of Carpathia ...

When director Isaiah Saxon began his search for the voice of Ochi, the titular creature in his new film, The Legend of Ochi, he didn’t look to established actors, but YouTube. “I typed in ...

For director Isaiah Saxon, who makes his feature debut with The Legend of Ochi, that realism was key to developing the Ochi's look. "The intention behind the design of the Ochi was that a kid or ...

And if you peer into the trees, you may just spot an elusive primate called the ochi. ISAIAH SAXON: Ochi is simply the word they use for eyes, which is all they ever see of them when they shine ...