Silence was the wager. A cat's paws, skidding across a flooded ruin in Flow, announce a film that trusts velocity over explanation; when it won the Golden Globe for Best Animated Feature, the prize recognized a refusal to translate feeling into dialogue. Fear needs no voice. The body speaks.That refusal is no gimmick. Through diegetic sound and Foley, rain snaps, wood groans, and breath catches, w...More