Visionary filmmaker Tim Burton explains why he won't make a sequel to projects like Edward Scissorhands and The Nightmare Before Christmas.

These days, moviegoers rush to watch films about battling superheroes, smooching tennis players, and existential fashion dolls. For much of movie history, however, film fans loved to watch epics.

The Nightmare Before Christmas, which arrived in theaters in 1993, mixes light and dark with jolly and macabre with great ...