Movies

Don’t Miss Your Chance to Step Into the Wildwood

The breathtakingly animated new movie from the studio behind Coraline pushes the medium into magical new places.

By

Enter your email to receive alerts for this author.

Sign in or create an account to better manage your email preferences.

Unsubscribe from email alerts

Are you sure you want to unsubscribe from email alerts for Dana Stevens ?

Oct 22, 2026 10:00 AM

Fathom Entertainment

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily.

It’s not every animated movie that opens with a scene in which a naked child—framed in such a way as to preserve the character’s modesty and the film’s PG-13 rating, but clearly nude as a jaybird—teeters on the ledge of a high balcony, considering whether to put an end to his loveless life by crashing to the ground below.…