There is a lot to look at in “The Secret of Kells.” Nearly every frame of this 75-minute animated feature is dense with curlicued and crosshatched patterns and figures. Your eye travels over ...

“The Secret of Kells” is an anachronism many times over, and what a good thing that turned out to be. A ravishing, continually surprising example of largely hand-drawn animation in the heyday ...

Just as The Secret of the Kells pays homage to the enduring spirit behind an ancient, illuminated Celtic text, so too is the film a sumptuous throwback to the vivid artistry of 2-D, hand-drawn ...

Listed alongside high-profile films Up, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Coraline and The Princess and the Frog was a name that inspired only one reaction: “What the hell is The Secret of Kells?” It’s easy to ...

THE SECRET OF KELLS, which originally debuted elsewhere in 2009, is one example of a brilliant, under exposed jewels of traditional animation. Co-directed by Tomm Moore and Nora Twomey, this little ...

when Oscar nominations were announced last month, “The Secret of Kells” is certain to elicit its fair share of wows as it arrives in U.S. theaters. The Irish import takes its inspiration from ...

Brendan and the Secret of Kells France-Belgium-Ireland Production: A Les Armateurs, France 2 Cinema (France)/Vivi Film (Belgium)/Cartoon Saloon (Ireland) production, with the support of Le Fonds ...

Irish monks, a woodland sprite, a young boy and Ireland’s most famous illuminated manuscript grace this charming Irish indie, a Best Animated Feature nominee in an unusually competitive year.

Refreshingly different precisely because its look is so profoundly retro, "Brendan and the Secret of Kells" harks back not just to older animation styles but to pre-medieval illuminated manuscript ...

Five years after its debut, the Oscar-nominated Irish feature “The Secret of Kells” finally has its own art-of book. Distributor GKIDS announced this morning that they have acquired North ...