Movies
Forget “Beetlejuice,” forget “Edward Scissorhands” and (this shouldn’t be too difficult) forget “Batman Returns.”
Oct. 15, 1993
“Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas” is different from the Walt Disney Studios’ previous animated movies in just about every way.
Oct. 10, 1993
Awards
The five Oscar 2022 nominees for the animated short film award plumb the heart — and the heart of darkness.
March 15, 2022
Entertainment & Arts
The ghoulish, stop-motion-animated sights in Halloween Town have never looked sharper than they do in Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas: 2-Disc Collector’s Edition” ($33), released Tuesday on DVD.
Aug. 28, 2008
Editors note: “The Nightmare Before Christmas In Concert” will take place at the Hollywood Bowl from Oct.26-28 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Tim Burton’s stop-motion animated musical.
Oct. 23, 2018
“The Nightmare Before Christmas” is returning to the Hollywood Bowl for Halloween, with Danny Elfman reprising his live performance as Jack Skellington, the melancholy Pumpkin King who longs to celebrate Christmas.
Sept. 5, 2016
No more Christmas-y new video films this week; the fresh batch of releases are more ghoulish and foolish than Yule-ish.
Dec. 23, 1988
Composer Danny Elfman will celebrate Halloween this year by bringing the music he composed for Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” to the Hollywood Bowl in a live orchestral performance conducted by John Mauceri.
Sept. 14, 2015
What’s this? What’s this? Halsey and Catherine O’Hara will perform as “The Nightmare Before Christmas” makes a three-night stand at the Bowl.
Oct. 10, 2023
As Danny Elfman recalls, composing the music for Tim Burton’s 1993 stop-motion animated movie “The Nightmare Before Christmas” was an unusual process that involved writing the songs first and the script later.
Oct. 24, 2015