Movies

1986
Street of Crocodiles
Street of Crocodiles
6.61986HD
A puppet, newly released from his strings, explores the sinister room in which he finds himself.
1984
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer
6.91984HD
In Prague, a professorial puppet, with metal pincers for hands and an open book for a hat, takes a boy as a pupil. First, the professor empties fluff...
1981
Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy
Punch and Judy: Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy
6.31981HD
An unusual documentary from the Brothers Quay and Keith Griffiths about the history of the Punch and Judy puppet show.
2003
The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection
The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection
6.22003HD
A display at the strange and wonderful artifacts in a collection of medical curiosities.
2011
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
6.42011HD
A documentary on the subject of the collections of books, instruments and medical anomalies at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the...
1984
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
61984HD
The original 54-minute documentary, as broadcast by Channel Four on 20 June 1984, after which the animated links by the Quay Brothers were recompiled...
2000
In Absentia
In Absentia
6.52000HD
A woman sits alone on a chair at a table in a room on one of the top floors of an asylum. Bright spot lights dot the night, sometimes shining on her...
2009
The Art of Time
The Art of Time
02009HD
Explores some of the most innovative attempts by contemporary artists, filmmakers, architects etc to explore multiple Temporalities and to counter...
1988
Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies
6.61988HD
Stop-motion animated short film in which, among other things, a man made of wire looks malevolent.
2010
Wonderwood: Comme des garçons
Wonderwood: Comme des garçons
62010HD
A bird acts as an alchemist in an enchanted forest, selecting different kinds of wood to combine them in a parquet floor.
1992
Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
Stille Nacht II: Are We Still Married?
6.11992HD
Stop-motion animated short film with a white ball, a rabbit, and a girl, and a voice singing "Are We Still Married".
2000
The Sandman
The Sandman
6.32000HD
One of several collaborative dance films by the Brothers Quay & (dancer, choreographer) William Tuckett. Little enough info around on line, but...
2006
The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"
The Making of "The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes"
02006HD
An Interview with The Quay Brothers & Alan Passes April 2006 at Atelier Konick, London
1991
The Calligrapher
The Calligrapher
6.41991HD
With harpsichord music in the background, a dandy, seated at a table, plucks a quill pen from a ceiling full of them above him, dips it in ink,...
2001
Stille Nacht V: Dog Door
Stille Nacht V: Dog Door
5.82001HD
Tom Waits, the brothers Quay, and a dog door.
2013
Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.
Unmistaken Hands: Ex Voto F.H.
6.12013HD
In a realm beyond the senses, plants interact with surreal cinematography to chart the course of our character: an entity said to embody the life and...
2021
11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem
11 Preliminary Orbits Around Planet Lem
62021HD
To mark the centenary of the great science fiction writer, Stanislaw Lem, we present this tribute by the legendary stop motion animators Stephen and...
1988
Rain Dance
Rain Dance
51988HD
A farming family and their livestock dance during a much-needed downpour in this Quay Brothers short made for Sesame Street.
2022
The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz
The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz
62022HD
A short documentary on the life of Polish author Bruno Schulz by Stephen and Timothy Quay, who adapted his work for their 1986 animated film Street...
2017
The Music of Zdeněk Liška
The Music of Zdeněk Liška
62017HD
One of the best Czech composers of film soundtracks is often described as a genius of film scores. He was not afraid to experiment and the...