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Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney write, direct, and co-star in "Strawberry Mansion," a fantasy film named for a curious gateway to a realm of romance, conspiracy, and product placement. In a not-so-distant future, James Preble (Audley) is the kind of mild-mannered pencil pusher found in Terry Gilliam's dystopias. By day, Preble plugs into machines that allow him to audit the recorded dreams of private citizens, taxing them for every high price fantasy, from buffaloes to picturesque views. By night, his own dreams are thrifty affairs. All are set in a cramped, Pepto Bismol pink room, where ...

In a world where cryptids are real but misunderstood, a trio of women (one of whom happens to be a Gorgon) join forces to protect the strange beasts that lurk among us. But as we see in Dash Shaw’s gloriously colorful adult animation Cryptozoo, sometimes the best intentions aren’t always what’s best in the end. Advertisement The basic story here doesn’t go terribly deep—there are elements of the X-Men in the themes about creature persecution, and a definite Jurassic Park feel to the Cryptozoo itself—but writer-director Shaw ( ) and animation director Jane Samborski have create...

Dash Shaw's Sundance-premiering animated tale is one of sex, psychedelia and counterculture spirit.

, which has gone virtual for the first time ever. Here’s what you need to know about the indie gems that will soon make their way to streaming services, theaters, and the cinematic zeitgeist. Logline: In a world secretly full of mythical monsters, three women attempt to round up the surviving weird creatures and get them to a sanctuary where people can appreciate them in peace. A military bounty hunter has more brutal plans for the trio. Longerline: Dash Shaw, the comics artist and indie animator behind 2016’s enjoyably bizarre My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea, returns with

news Sundance Festival opens under shadow of COVID-19 dw.com 29/01/2021 Scott Roxborough Opening film "In the Same Breath," a documentary from Chinese-American director Nanfu Wang, charts the misinformation and propaganda that accompanied the spread of the coronavirus in both Wuhan and Washington. © Sundance Institute/AP/picture alliance Provided by Deutsche Welle In 2021, the whole world is living under the shadow of COVID-19. So it's grimly fitting that this year's Sundance Film Festival opened with a documentary that reminds us how we all got here. In the Same Breath f...