Mamoru Hosoda told Insider that he didn't want to shy away from depicting child abuse in "Belle." The director said it's "important to depict and express these themes and ideas inside of movies." His ...

After a one-year hiatus due to Covid, Animation Is Film returns to L.A. for another showcase of animated features. The festival will take place on October 22–24 at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatre in ...

Cannes, the world’s most prestigious film festival, is back after a break (no event was held last year, as Covid spread). Animation is never abundant in its program, but the festival does tend to host ...

Ahead of raising the curtain on its 74th edition on Tuesday (July 6), Cannes has made a late addition to its program in the form of Japanese director Mamoru Hosoda’s feature animation Belle. The pic ...

One of the best animated films of the past few years, Belle tells a roaring, tragic, uplifting new spin on Beauty and the Beast for the Extremely Online generation. The film follows a young girl who ...

"Belle" director Mamoru Hosoda told Insider that he didn't want to shy away from dealing with child abuse in his newest film, despite feeling that such themes are often "tabooed" in animation. "As ...