“What if rainbows were people from the future travelling in time?” Arco’s poster tagline sums it up in a nutshell. A stirringly pretty French animated sci-fi which commits wholeheartedly to its ...
French animation has a rich history. But it has yet to achieve the same widespread recognition as American, British or Japanese animation. Arco could change that. The film’s accessible Studio ...
The hook is fast and clean: a ten-year-old boy from the far future steals time-travel technology to see dinosaurs and crashes into the wrong century. Ten-year-old me would have detonated the ...
Produced by Natalie Portman, the incisive and wondrous first feature from Ugo Bienvenu follows two children from different eras affected by climate catastrophes. Despite such gloomy forecast, “Arco,” ...
If you’re not paying close attention, you might mistake Arco, the NEON-backed animated movie that keeps being nominated for awards, including at the Oscars, for any other animated movie at the ...
But here’s the thing: all three of those movies are from different decades and all are deeply beloved. A classic story can become new and potent over and over if it’s brought to life with a fresh and ...
According to the French animated film Arco, humanity's current trajectory will result in some dark, disconnected times in half a century, if we aren’t there already. Yet in spite of the negative ...
After premiering in festivals last year, the movie is finally in theaters more widely starting on January 30th. After premiering in festivals last year, the movie is finally in theaters more widely ...
Neon's sci-fi animated feature features the voices of Natalie Portman and Mark Ruffalo and is playing in theaters now. Reading time 4 minutes Stories set in the far future, be they animated or ...
In all the dystopian visions of the future that the movies have trotted out over the last few decades, the one that sticks the most, surprisingly, is “WALL-E.” That’s not just because of the ...
It’s not every day that an Oscar-winning actress gets behind a tiny, imaginative French animated feature. But that’s what happened to Ugo Bienvenu’s gorgeous, heartfelt “Arco.” Through a friend, ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The most impressive part of French animated sci-fi epic “Arco,” which took the top prize at the Annecy ...