The movie, written and directed by Neil Burger, was loosely based on Steven Millhauser’s short story, Eisenheim The Illusionist, and is considered a fictionalized account of the Mayerling ...

Long before there was Barbenheimer, there was the classic 2006 magician movie clash between The Prestige and The Illusionist.Christopher Nolan's The Prestige featured an outstanding cast led by ...

Bittersweet and melancholy are not the words usually associated with animation, but they are the ones that best fit “The Illusionist,” the new feature by French director Sylvain Chomet. As ...

Movie review of ‘The Illusionist ... The animation reflects the movie’s 1959 setting with an aesthetic that’s more “Lady and the Tramp” than “Up,” and the story follows the last of a ...

A rich, moving, animated film, 'The Illusionist' draws from a script by Jacques Tati and has a haunting Chaplinesque feel. Not to be missed.

This week's monthly offering from the 826 Valencia student program is the animation movie "The Illusionist," which was nominated this week for a best animation Academy Award. Directed by Sylvain ...

Written by the late French filmmaker Jacques Tati, it's taken no less than 54 years for The Illusionist to make its journey from page to screen. And the animated result is almost flawless except ...

Movie review: "Illusionist" spins a magical, melancholic, wordless tale. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 60°F. Saturday, May 31st 2025 Digital Replica Edition. Home Page.

This ain’t your average birthday party magician. “”The Illusionist”” hopes to mess with your head with its special effects, but sadly that’s pretty much all it’s got going for it. A ...

This elegant fable of art, love and politics is set in Vienna circa 1900, all thoughts of Freud being strictly intentional. The Illusionist curls around you like a smoke ring, which only enhances ...

The Illusionist — Film Review. Following the triumph of his wildly inventive "The Triplets of Belleville" in 2003, French animator Sylvain Chomet is off in an entirely different direction in ...

The CW, which has Reign in its second season, is developing another period drama with roots in Western Europe – The Illusionist, based on the 2006 movie starring Ed Norton. The project, which ...