In fact, celebrating the Italian dolce vita could well be the cartoon's main purpose. A gelato-sweet coming-of-age fantasy, Luca is inspired in part by The Little Mermaid, but mostly by the ...

When it came to crafting the look of Luca, Casarosa deliberately veered away from photorealism. Part of it stemmed from creating a playful world as seen by a child on summer vacation, but also the ...

Sea monsters lurk in the waters of Portorosso, the fictional Italian village in Enrico Casarosa’s radiant ode to young friendship, Luca. But they are friendly, and just as terrified of the ...

Luca’s parents discover their son’s secret ... Other animation studios have featured queer protagonists to great success. Cartoon Network’s Steven Universe includes multiple queer characters ...

INBTWN Animation Fest, an event partner of Cartoon Brew, recently spoke to Enrico Casarosa, director of Pixar’s latest feature Luca. Drawing on the director’s own upbringing, the film focuses ...

Luca' is a simple pleasure ... wet — imagine if the fish man from Shape of Water tried out the Instagram cartoon filter, and you've got the gist — into ordinary-looking humans when dry.

Petrana Radulovic is an entertainment reporter specializing in animation, fandom culture, theme parks, Disney, and young adult fantasy franchises. A third of the way into Luca, Pixar’s latest ...

When Latvian filmmaker Gints Zilbalodis' wordless wonder Flow won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at this year's Oscars, not only did it become the first truly independent animated film to ...

Luca’s parents discover their son’s secret ... Other animation studios have featured queer protagonists to great success. Cartoon Network’s Steven Universe includes multiple queer characters ...