Going practical in "The Legend of Ochi" was important to director Isaiah Saxon — and it turned out that was true for A24, too ...

Willem Dafoe, Finn Wolfhard and Helena Zengel star in Isaiah Saxon's Sundance premiere about a young girl who encounters a ...

A child befriending a creature everyone else thinks is too dangerous to befriend is the backbone of many memorable ...

The Ochi exist. Furry monkey-like creatures of an orange-hued pelt with pronounced ears and huge dark eyes, the Ochi could ...

The Legend of Ochi has E.T. in its DNA and some trouble grounding us in its fantastical setting, but Isaiah Saxon’s adventure ...

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 ...

The Legend of Ochi, starring Helena Zengel, Willem Dafoe, and Finn Wolfhard, calls back to the likes of E.T., pleasing ...

A similar attention to detail extends to many of the artistic elements evident throughout The Legend of Ochi, typical of Saxon’s distinctly bespoke aesthetic. The result is a hyperrealistic ...

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 ...