With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit the interwebs. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Born to Be Blue (Robert Budreau)
I played jazz trumpet growing up in Oklahoma, so Chet Baker’s somber swing always brought our ensemble back to earth when Dizzy Gillespie’s flying fingers sent us noodling in quick cacophony. We thought Baker was the romantic trumpeter, the kind you’d play when you wanted to impress a date — and whose pretty-boy face on the album cover...
Born to Be Blue (Robert Budreau)
I played jazz trumpet growing up in Oklahoma, so Chet Baker’s somber swing always brought our ensemble back to earth when Dizzy Gillespie’s flying fingers sent us noodling in quick cacophony. We thought Baker was the romantic trumpeter, the kind you’d play when you wanted to impress a date — and whose pretty-boy face on the album cover...
- 7/29/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Mubi is presenting the Brothers Quay, a 4-film program playing in the United States July and August 2016, featuring new restorations of Anamorphosis (1991) and Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies (1987) and brand new 2k and 4k scans of The Comb (1990) and In Absentia (2000). In Absentia (2000) presents a demon in color. The creature is horned, hooved balsa wood, its room lit by a calm sun. It waves its hoof over a pile of black dust to recombine it into graphite nibs. Somewhere above, below, on the material plane, or possibly in a parallel reality, a woman scribbles in soft black and white, breaking pencils over and over. She presses the little lead bullets into a pile of dirt on her windowsill, like a garden or graveyard—an offering or a sacrifice. In her world, light pulses and skitters, glides and ricochets, sometimes across walls and sometimes across invisible planes. The sun forms impossible palimpsests in her room,...
- 7/26/2016
- MUBI
The Quay Brothers In 35Mm screens this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (April 22nd. 23rd, and 24th) at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium (470 E. Lockwood, Webster Groves, Mo 63119). The program begins each evening at 7:30.
Christopher Nolan has launched some of the most ambitious blockbusters of the past decade including Inception, Interstellar and his Batman trilogy. The filmmaker’s newest project has nothing to do with his own films. Screening this weekend at Webster University, The Quay Brothers In 35mm is a dazzling collection of experimental shorts from identical twin stop-motion animators Stephen and Timothy Quay. Curated by Nolan himself, and including his new eight-minute short film, Quay, the program finds Nolan using his international recognition to shine a spotlight on two of the most visionary animators working in cinema today.
The program consists of Nolan’s 8-minute documentary about the Quays and three shorts by the Brothers Quay:
In Absentia...
Christopher Nolan has launched some of the most ambitious blockbusters of the past decade including Inception, Interstellar and his Batman trilogy. The filmmaker’s newest project has nothing to do with his own films. Screening this weekend at Webster University, The Quay Brothers In 35mm is a dazzling collection of experimental shorts from identical twin stop-motion animators Stephen and Timothy Quay. Curated by Nolan himself, and including his new eight-minute short film, Quay, the program finds Nolan using his international recognition to shine a spotlight on two of the most visionary animators working in cinema today.
The program consists of Nolan’s 8-minute documentary about the Quays and three shorts by the Brothers Quay:
In Absentia...
- 4/19/2016
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Those prone to mental disturbances and nightmares, or possess a fear of dolls, dirt or general unpleasantries would do well to avoid the Brothers Quay and the bulk of their unconscious unfurling oeuvre, but everyone else is due a hearty recommendation. Take it from Christopher Nolan, who recently wrapped a documentary, simply titled Quay, on the mysterious identical twin directors and curated a selection of 35mm prints of their work to hit the road on a new theatrical tour. Like so many others, Nolan caught a stray Quay film on British cable by accident, and unable to catch the names of its creators through the swirl of credits in beautifully stylized calligraphy, was haunted by its alluring, impenetrable imagery.
From their minutely detailed and grittily textured beginnings in the early ’80s with films like The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer, in which a professor literally empties the head of his student,...
From their minutely detailed and grittily textured beginnings in the early ’80s with films like The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer, in which a professor literally empties the head of his student,...
- 12/15/2015
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
There are few names in the film world that mass audiences both recognize and give some sort of connotation to. Martin Scorsese. Steven Spielberg. Michael Bay. All of these names are not only recognizable to just about 100% of any particular audience entering a cinema, but instantly bring to mind the type of picture one would expect to see come from them. However, not all filmmakers have the pleasure of being the world-changing, name brand cinematic legends that few like the men named within this paragraph are, despite deserving that (and so very much more). So, in turn, some curation may be needed as not only an introduction to a singular cinematic universe, but also a perfect entry point into a world that cinephiles may not have been introduced to.
That’s what makes the work that Zeitgeist Films, Syncopy and beloved filmmaker Christopher Nolan have done with regards to their...
That’s what makes the work that Zeitgeist Films, Syncopy and beloved filmmaker Christopher Nolan have done with regards to their...
- 12/2/2015
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
The Quay Brothers, or The Brothers Quay as they were introduced to me, have been working in stop-motion for over 3 decades yet most horror fans do not know of them. This could mainly be because their work is in the short film format which is hard to gain a audience outside of film festival circuits. Some light was brought onto them when they made the cover for the Canadian horror magazine, Rue Morgue, back in November of 2005 – along with other stop-motion artists like Robert Morgan (The Separation from ABCs of Death 2) and Jan Svankmajer. Earlier this year, director Christopher Nolan took on the project of compiling some of the shorts from The Quay Brothers over their 30 years of filmmaking in addition to Nolan’s short documentary on the brothers. If you weren’t lucky enough to see this collection, which was only exhibited via 35mm, the good news is that...
- 10/27/2015
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
It’s a cliche to say that there aren’t many filmmakers quite like insert-director’s name, but in the case of the American identical directing duo known as the Quay Brothers, there truly isn’t another voice in the world of cinema that is quite like theirs.
For over 30 years, the pair of Pennsylvania-born filmmakers have been turning out some of cinema’s most original and breathtakingly unforgettable feature films, mixing a love for Eastern European literature with an equally deep affinity for puppetry and stop motion animation. Marked by a dark sense of humor and an assured hand in mixing live action and animation, the Brothers Quay have, with films like The Piano Tuner Of Earthquakes, become some of the most interesting names in the world of film, genre be damned.
However, as the medium of short film becomes more and more widespread and well regarded, a new...
For over 30 years, the pair of Pennsylvania-born filmmakers have been turning out some of cinema’s most original and breathtakingly unforgettable feature films, mixing a love for Eastern European literature with an equally deep affinity for puppetry and stop motion animation. Marked by a dark sense of humor and an assured hand in mixing live action and animation, the Brothers Quay have, with films like The Piano Tuner Of Earthquakes, become some of the most interesting names in the world of film, genre be damned.
However, as the medium of short film becomes more and more widespread and well regarded, a new...
- 8/19/2015
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Massive news today for fans of creepy, old-school animators, The Quay Brothers, who've influenced at least one whole generation of other creepy filmmakers and storytellers, including Christoper Nolan.Partnering with Zeitgeist Films and Syncopy, Nolan and the Quays are embarking on a Us tour of select Quay Brothers' films entitled The Quay Brothers in 35mm. Featuring Street of Crocodiles, The Comb, and In Absentia, the films are curated by Nolan, and this tour includes his new short film, Quay, "about the inner workings of the London-based animators' studio." Audiences will be treated to "a 70-minute program featuring stunning new 35mm prints of three short films by Stephen and Timothy Quay, alongside the world premiere of Christopher Nolan's short film Quay, will make its debut in a...
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- 8/12/2015
- Screen Anarchy
We're huge fans of animators Timothy and Stephen Quay around these parts. The filmmakers have been creating haunting stop motion films since the 80's. Their work, as curated by Christopher Nolan, is headed on tour and presented in 35mm film. Films being presented include Absentia (2000), The Comb (1991) and Streets of Crocodiles (1986),
Along with their films, Their a short documentary titled "Quay" will show. Quay is directed Nolan.
Following a New York run, The Quay Brothers in 35mm will travel to 10 cities including Dallas (Alamo Drafthouse Richardson, 9/3-7), Los Angeles (Cinefamily, 9/4-10 with appearances by Nolan), Houston (Museum of Fine Arts, 9/12-13), Austin (Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, 9/17), Cleveland (Cleveland Cinematheque, 9/24-27), Boston (Brat [Continued ...]...
Along with their films, Their a short documentary titled "Quay" will show. Quay is directed Nolan.
Following a New York run, The Quay Brothers in 35mm will travel to 10 cities including Dallas (Alamo Drafthouse Richardson, 9/3-7), Los Angeles (Cinefamily, 9/4-10 with appearances by Nolan), Houston (Museum of Fine Arts, 9/12-13), Austin (Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, 9/17), Cleveland (Cleveland Cinematheque, 9/24-27), Boston (Brat [Continued ...]...
- 8/12/2015
- QuietEarth.us
For anyone who is eager for a new Christopher Nolan project, your need may just be satiated. It was announced last month that Nolan’s short documentary about the Quay brothers was complete and would be featured in an 11-city theatrical tour, entitled The Quay Brothers in 35mm, that Nolan curated. And the trailer for the tour has been released, and it looks like it’s going to be a creepy good time.
Now not everyone may be familiar with brothers Timothy and Stephen Quay, two American animators who have been creating stop motion films since the 80s. By the looks of the trailer, the works of the Quay brothers are haunting and riveting creations that deserve to be celebrated. Their films that will be featured in this tour are In Absentia (2000), The Comb (1991), and Streets of Crocodiles (1986), along with Nolan’s short documentary titled Quay. For more information on the tour,...
Now not everyone may be familiar with brothers Timothy and Stephen Quay, two American animators who have been creating stop motion films since the 80s. By the looks of the trailer, the works of the Quay brothers are haunting and riveting creations that deserve to be celebrated. Their films that will be featured in this tour are In Absentia (2000), The Comb (1991), and Streets of Crocodiles (1986), along with Nolan’s short documentary titled Quay. For more information on the tour,...
- 8/12/2015
- by Sarah Pearce Lord
- SoundOnSight
Christopher Nolan surprised pretty much all of us last month when we found out his next project was already completed, though as a short documentary about stop-motion animators Stephen and Timothy Quay it is less notable than, say, a full-fledged feature film followup to last year's sci-fi epic Interstellar. No matter, while Nolan continues developing his next feature, a trailer for The Quay Brothers in 35mm has debuted, teasing a presentation of three of the Quays' short films and Nolan's documentary Quay, which you can check out below. The Quay Brothers in 35mm includes a 70-minute program featuring new 35mm prints of In Absentia, The Comb and Street of Crocodiles and a presentation of Nolan's short, which takes a look at the inner workings of the Quay brothers' studio. The program will make a one week run in New York and then expand to 10 additional cities ahead of an...
- 8/11/2015
- by Jordan Benesh
- Rope of Silicon
The Quay Brothers: On 35mm, a 70-minute program featuring new prints of three short films by Stephen and Timothy Quay, will debut in a one-week run at New York's Film Forum on August 19. This includes the world premiere of Christopher Nolan's documentary short "Quay," with Nolan and the Quays on-hand to discuss the works. Nolan handpicked "In Absentia" (2000), "The Comb" (1991) and "Street of Crocodiles" (1986) for this program, which will travel to 10 cities (listed below). "Crocodiles," unfolding an eccentric and nightmarish world populated by a melancholy puppet unfettered by his master, was the Brothers' first film to be shot on 35mm. Read More: Discover the Brothers Quay, Identical Twin Animators Who Inspired Christopher Nolan The program, from Zeitgeist Films and Syncopy, travels to Dallas (Alamo Drafthouse Richardson, 9/3-7), La (Cinefamily, 9/4-10 with appearances by Nolan), Houston (Museum of Fine Arts, 9/12-13), Austin...
- 8/10/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
The next Christopher Nolan film has been announced - but it's very different from the blockbusters we're used to seeing from him.
Nolan, who has directed movies such as Interstellar and The Dark Knight Rises, will next release a short film about two stop-motion animators.
Titled Quay, the documentary centres on Stephen and Timothy Quay, as viewers will get an insight into the "inner workings of the brothers' studio".
It will be shown alongside three films the Quays worked on - In Absentia (2000), The Comb (1991) and Street of Crocodiles (1986) - at the Film Forum in New York City on August 19.
Following the screening, Nolan and the Quay brothers will participate in a Q&A session.
Nolan's previous works also include Inception, The Prestige and Memento.
Find out the behind-the-scenes secrets of Christopher Nolan's Interstellar in the video below:...
Nolan, who has directed movies such as Interstellar and The Dark Knight Rises, will next release a short film about two stop-motion animators.
Titled Quay, the documentary centres on Stephen and Timothy Quay, as viewers will get an insight into the "inner workings of the brothers' studio".
It will be shown alongside three films the Quays worked on - In Absentia (2000), The Comb (1991) and Street of Crocodiles (1986) - at the Film Forum in New York City on August 19.
Following the screening, Nolan and the Quay brothers will participate in a Q&A session.
Nolan's previous works also include Inception, The Prestige and Memento.
Find out the behind-the-scenes secrets of Christopher Nolan's Interstellar in the video below:...
- 7/28/2015
- Digital Spy
Another new Christopher Nolan film already?! Yes indeed. But it's not what you're thinking. Thanks to a tip from The Film Stage, NYC's Film Forum venue has announced a special screening series coming up this August. They'll be showing three of the stop-motion animated shorts from American filmmakers Stephen and Timothy Quay, known as the Quay Brothers, as well as the new short film from Christopher Nolan about the brothers. Titled just Quay, Film Forum will be hosting the world premiere of the documentary, shot on 35mm, profiling the brothers and their animation work. This is the first we've heard of the doc at all. Here is the event info direct from NYC's Film Forum - where you can buy tickets and find more details. The Quay Brothers – On 35Mm All New 35Mm Prints! Curated by Christopher Nolan Including: In Absentia The Comb Street Of Crocodiles and the World Premiere...
- 7/27/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
After Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi blockbuster Interstellar divided critics, the director went quiet as to his next movie, but now it’s been revealed that he’s actually been hard at work on a very different sort of project.
As the helmer and his company Syncopy collaborate with Zeitgeist Films to oversee and curate Blu-Ray releases, one of the first titles to be announced was a compilation of shorts directed by acclaimed animation directors Stephen and Timothy Quay. And now, it’s been revealed that Nolan has expressed his admiration for the filmmakers in another way: by directing a short documentary, simply titled Quay, about the duo.
Nolan will unveil this documentary on August 19 as part of Film Forum’s series The Brothers Quay on 35mm, which will include new 35mm prints of In Absentia, The Comb and Street of Crocodiles.
Here’s Film Forum’s description of the brothers...
As the helmer and his company Syncopy collaborate with Zeitgeist Films to oversee and curate Blu-Ray releases, one of the first titles to be announced was a compilation of shorts directed by acclaimed animation directors Stephen and Timothy Quay. And now, it’s been revealed that Nolan has expressed his admiration for the filmmakers in another way: by directing a short documentary, simply titled Quay, about the duo.
Nolan will unveil this documentary on August 19 as part of Film Forum’s series The Brothers Quay on 35mm, which will include new 35mm prints of In Absentia, The Comb and Street of Crocodiles.
Here’s Film Forum’s description of the brothers...
- 7/27/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
Just a year after Interstellar, director Christopher Nolan has already completed his next film, which is set to debut later this year.
Nolan has completed work on a short documentary called Quay, which looks at the career of the Brothers Quay, two American brothers who made some of the most influential stop-motion animation films of all-time. On top of the film, Nolan has also curated and helped funded a restoration of some of the brothers’ work including Streets of Crocodile, In Absentia, and 1991’s The Comb.
Quay is set to premiere in New York City in August and will play alongside some of the restored films in Houston, Seattle, Detroit, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Cambridge, and Chicago. The restored films, and possibly Nolan’s documentary, will be available on blu-ray following the run.
For more information on the film, and where it will be playing, get more info here.
American identical twins working in London,...
Nolan has completed work on a short documentary called Quay, which looks at the career of the Brothers Quay, two American brothers who made some of the most influential stop-motion animation films of all-time. On top of the film, Nolan has also curated and helped funded a restoration of some of the brothers’ work including Streets of Crocodile, In Absentia, and 1991’s The Comb.
Quay is set to premiere in New York City in August and will play alongside some of the restored films in Houston, Seattle, Detroit, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Cambridge, and Chicago. The restored films, and possibly Nolan’s documentary, will be available on blu-ray following the run.
For more information on the film, and where it will be playing, get more info here.
American identical twins working in London,...
- 7/27/2015
- by Zach Dennis
- SoundOnSight
Word around the campfire is Christopher Nolan has finished a "comprehensive draft" of a script for his next film. That right there is the extent of information we have on that, but while he's been doing some writing he's also been doing some directing in the form of a short documentary focused on stop-motion animators Stephen and Timothy Quay (aka the Brothers Quay). The documentary, titled Quay, will screen as part of "The Quay Brothers - On 35mm" at the Film Forum beginning August 19 with Nolan and the brothers in attendance. In addition to the new documentary a selection of Quay films will play, curated by Nolan, including In Absentia (2000), The Comb (1991) and Street of Crocodiles (1986) along with Nolan's Quay, which takes a look at the inner workings of the Brothers' studio. Fandor subscribers can watch several of the Quay Brothers' films right here, including the three just mentioned.
- 7/27/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Stephen and Timothy Quay are twin animators who have worked in both short and feature forms for decades, creating striking and unusual images such as the one above, from The Comb. While their style is indebted to other directors such as Jan Svankmajer, whose work is namechecked in an early Quay short, Brothers Quay films are […]
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- 7/27/2015
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Twin animators Stephen and Timothy Quay have done shorts and full on features for several decades.
The Film Stage reports today that "Inception" and "The Dark Knight" filmmaker Christopher Nolan and his company Syncope have teamed with Zeitgeist Films to curate Blu-Ray releases of the Quay's work.
On top of that, Nolan has directed the short documentary "Quay" about the animators, with the short to premiere in New York on August 19th. Nolan along with the Quay brothers will appear in conversation at the two screenings to discuss their work.
"Quay" will screen alongside three of the brother's shorts - 2000's "In Absentia," 1986's "Street of Crocodiles" and 1991's "The Comb". All four films will be presented in 35mm.
The Film Stage reports today that "Inception" and "The Dark Knight" filmmaker Christopher Nolan and his company Syncope have teamed with Zeitgeist Films to curate Blu-Ray releases of the Quay's work.
On top of that, Nolan has directed the short documentary "Quay" about the animators, with the short to premiere in New York on August 19th. Nolan along with the Quay brothers will appear in conversation at the two screenings to discuss their work.
"Quay" will screen alongside three of the brother's shorts - 2000's "In Absentia," 1986's "Street of Crocodiles" and 1991's "The Comb". All four films will be presented in 35mm.
- 7/27/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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