The video clip opens with a boy kneeling beside his bed in prayer. It’s not to God, but to Shrek, the world’s most popular ogre. “Shrek is love,” the boy mutters. “Shrek is life.” No, it’s not some ...

In 2001, Shrek was a massive box-office success, a breakthrough for computer-generated animation, and eventually, the Academy Awards’ first winner for Best Animated feature. In 2021, it is a grotesque ...

The Shrek franchise has become an unlikely cultural juggernaut over the years, shifting from a quirky animated film into one of the most iconic pop-culture staples of all time. What started in 2001 as ...

A party in East Williamsburg invited fans of the 2001 film to translate into reality their online obsessions with the titular ogre. By Gina Cherelus On a recent Friday night at the Brooklyn Monarch, a ...