Timothy Quay Movies

  • 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)

    Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)

    6.32011HD

    A documentary on the subject of the collections of books, instruments and medical anomalies at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the...

    Through the Weeping Glass: On the Consolations of Life Everlasting (Limbos & Afterbreezes in the Mütter Museum)
  • 2015
    Quay

    Quay

    Quay

    6.0522015HD

    In 2015, Christopher Nolan curated a selection of short films by the surrealist animators the Quay Brothers to be distributed as a touring 35mm...

    Quay
  • 2005
    The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

    The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

    The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes

    6.0672005HD

    Dark fairytale about a demonic doctor who abducts a beautiful opera singer with designs on transforming her into a mechanical nightingale.

    The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes
  • 2024
    Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

    Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

    Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

    02024HD

    A man journeys by rail to a nameless sanatorium where his father has recently died. Once there, time loses its linearity and he finds himself in a...

    Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
  • 1988
    Stille Nacht I: Dramolet

    Stille Nacht I: Dramolet

    Stille Nacht I: Dramolet

    6.31988HD

    A magnet moves on a floor. A moth beats against a window. A doll child watches the magnet; threads of metal filings gather around the magnet.

    Stille Nacht I: Dramolet
  • 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

    The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection

    6.12003HD

    A display at the strange and wonderful artifacts in a collection of medical curiosities.

    The Phantom Museum: Random Forays Into the Vaults of Sir Henry Wellcome's Medical Collection
  • 2015
    The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin

    The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin

    The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin

    62015HD

    Guy Maddin, who has been nicknamed the Canadian David Lynch, is undoubtedly one of the last remaining Magi of cinema. Despite living in the middle of...

    The 1000 Eyes of Dr Maddin
  • 2000
    In Absentia

    In Absentia

    In Absentia

    6.32000HD

    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...

    In Absentia
  • 1986
    Street of Crocodiles

    Street of Crocodiles

    Street of Crocodiles

    6.4931986HD

    A puppet, newly released from his strings, explores the sinister room in which he finds himself.

    Street of Crocodiles
  • 1995
    Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

    Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

    Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life

    7.7161995HD

    Jakob arrives at the Institute Benjamenta (run by brother and sister Johannes and Lisa Benjamenta) to learn to become a servant. With seven other...

    Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life
  • 1980
    The Falls

    The Falls

    The Falls

    7.11980HD

    The exploration of the effects of an unexpected catastrophe, known as VUE (violent unknown event) through the bios of 92 survivors.

    The Falls
  • 1991
    The Calligrapher

    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,...

    The Calligrapher
  • 2019
    The Doll's Breath

    The Doll's Breath

    The Doll's Breath

    02019HD

    Afraid of losing his wife, Horatio creates a replica he calls Hortensia. But things don't go as planned... Shot on 35mm and propelled by an...

    The Doll's Breath
  • 1993
    Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You

    Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You

    Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You

    6.91993HD

    Short animated film featuring the song "Can't Go Wrong Without You" by His Name Is Alive.

    Stille Nacht IV: Can't Go Wrong Without You
  • 1984
    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer

    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer

    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer

    6.8031984HD

    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...

    The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer
  • 1991
    The Comb

    The Comb

    The Comb

    6.71991HD

    A porcelain doll’s explorations of a dreamer’s imagination.

    The Comb
  • 2007
    Alice in Not So Wonderland

    Alice in Not So Wonderland

    Alice in Not So Wonderland

    5.72007HD

    The story of Alice in Wonderland, explored in the stop-motion world of the Quay brothers.

    Alice in Not So Wonderland
  • 2009
    The Bug Trainer

    The Bug Trainer

    The Bug Trainer

    42009HD

    The Bug Trainer explores Starewitch’s creative ideas and concepts of his work, along with opinions from film critics and other animation...

    The Bug Trainer
  • 1993
    Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods

    Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods

    Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods

    61993HD

    Near an extraordinary chair with many legs, a hand is visible gripping an edge. The hand is weathered, the fingers cracked and scarred. The end of a...

    Stille Nacht III: Tales from Vienna Woods
  • 2022
    The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz

    The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz

    The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz

    02022HD

    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...

    The Art Teacher from Drohobycz: Bruno Schulz