Beyond Kabuki
Meticulous stop-motion techniques, brilliant set-design and an eerie percussive musical score distinguish this unlikely mini-epic about a showdown between a Japanese homebody and a volatile magenta-haired invader.
Meticulous stop-motion techniques, brilliant set-design and an eerie percussive musical score distinguish this unlikely mini-epic about a showdown between a Japanese homebody and a volatile magenta-haired invader.
Meticulous stop-motion techniques, brilliant set-design and an eerie percussive musical score distinguish this unlikely mini-epic about a showdown between a Japanese homebody and a volatile magenta-haired invader.
Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.
In this anime visual album, a mysterious driver heads deep into a postapocalyptic hellscape toward a ferocious showdown with two monstrous opponents.
After witnessing a brutal murder on Halloween night, a young woman becomes the next target of a maniacal entity.
A silent figure known as The Assassin travels through a nightmare underworld of tortured souls, ruined cities and wretched monstrosities forged from the primordial horrors of the unconscious mind of Phil Tippett, the world's preeminent stop-motion animator.
Young Macy is abducted by a deranged, monstrous figure who wants to raise her as its child.
When an evil contractor goes to extreme measures to evict a testy tenant who is standing in the way of his new project, he fails to take into account that this seemingly harmless old woman is a trained killer and will do anything to protect her beloved home.
Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.
A version of Shakespeare's play, set in the world of warring indoor and outdoor gnomes. Garden gnomes Gnomeo and Juliet have as many obstacles to overcome as their quasi namesakes when they are caught up in a feud between neighbors. But with plastic pink flamingos and lawnmower races in the mix, can this young couple find lasting happiness?
A former assassin, known simply as The Bride, wakes from a coma four years after her jealous ex-lover Bill attempts to murder her on her wedding day. Fueled by an insatiable desire for revenge, she vows to get even with every person who contributed to the loss of her unborn child, her entire wedding party, and four years of her life. After devising a hit list, The Bride sets off on her quest, enduring unspeakable injury and unscrupulous enemies.
Ella Blake, a stop-motion animator struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother, embarks upon the creation of a film that becomes the battleground for her sanity. As Ella’s mind starts to fracture, the characters in her project take on a life of their own.