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The Dark Crystal

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Revisiting The Dark Crystal

Revisiting The Dark Crystal

Since I was 12 years old, The Dark Crystal has had a strong influence on my imagination. Looking back, I find that it seems more profound than ever.

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First Impressions of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

As soon as I'd started watching the new Netflix series that expands on Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal, I called animator and author Ken Priebe to talk about the artistry of it. Here's our conversation.

Looking Elsewhere

Specials: "The Dark Crystal." Proulx-poo. Carell and WHO?

Sunday specials: CRYSTAL METHOD Peter Chattaway finally watched The Dark Crystal. And he's not so sure it's the "New Age" trip it has been sometimes described to be. PROULX-POO E. Anne Proulx's account of the Oscars would never be described as

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Fizzgig returns!

Award-winning animation director Genndy Tartakovsky, the man who made Samurai Jack and those impressive Clone Wars cartoons, has just made my day. He's directing the sequel to the greatest puppet-animation film ever made... ...and here's the scoop! The script for The Dark Crystal needed

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A Sequel to "The Dark Crystal"??

Apparently so! I would rejoice over this... I would dance for joy... ...if only they would tell me that the Henson studio wants to accomplish this in the same way that they accomplished the original... without digital animation. What makes The Dark Crystal stand out as unique is its handmade