The story around Isaiah Saxon's feature debut, "The Legend of Ochi," took a drastic turn, as so many Hollywood stories did, with this month's Los Angeles fires. Saxon lost his home in the blaze ...

The director of "The Legend of Ochi" did not face pushback from A24 when he wanted to use puppets instead of VFX.

Known for his striking music videos, writer-director Isaiah Saxon flexes his blissful visual combination of tactile and digital elements in a fable about a girl connecting with a big-eyed forest ...

“The Legend of Ochi” star Finn Wolfhard and writer and director Isaiah Saxon talk about practical effects, the magic of “E.T.” and the brilliance of Willem Dafoe at the L.A. Times Studios ...

Willem Dafoe, Finn Wolfhard and Helena Zengel star in Isaiah Saxon's Sundance premiere about a young girl who encounters a fascinating new species. By Justin Lowe With theaters flooded over the ...

Sundance: Willem Dafoe and Helena Zengel star in Isaiah Saxon's gorgeously crafted debut about a girl trying to reunite a mythical forest creature with its family. The Ochi are a mythical forest ...

The Legend of Ochi opens in theaters April 25. This review is based on a screening at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. A tale of yearning, rebellion, and magical beings, Isaiah Saxon's The Legend ...

A24’s almost-fantasy-adventure, almost-family-drama movie The Legend of Ochi, from writer-director Isaiah Saxon, follows in that vein. The creature in question is an ochi, an apelike animal ...

Produced by A24, “The Legend of Ochi,” brings the bountiful imagination and technical innovation of writer-director Isaiah Saxon into a larger canvas. Saxon, perhaps best known for directing t ...

Produced by A24, “The Legend of Ochi,” brings the bountiful imagination and technical innovation of writer-director Isaiah Saxon into a larger canvas. Saxon, perhaps best known for directing the ...