Cryptozoo

Cryptozookeepers try to capture a Baku, a dream-eating hybrid creature of legend, and start wondering if they should display these beasts or keep them hidden and unknown.
(NR, 95 min.)

Showtimes

Friday, September 3, 2021

8:15 PM

Saturday, September 4, 2021

7:15 PM

Sunday, September 5, 2021

4:45 PM

Monday, September 6, 2021

6:15 PM

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

6:00 PM

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

7:30 PM

Thursday, September 9, 2021

8:15 PM

Visionary comic book writer/artist/filmmaker Dash Shaw’s vibrant, fantastical animated feature follows cryptozookeepers through a richly-drawn hallucinatory world as they struggle to capture a baku (a legendary dream-eating hybrid creature) and begin to wonder if they should display these rare beasts in the confines of a zoo, or if these mythical creatures should remain hidden and unknown. Featuring the voice talents of Lake Bell, Zoe Kazan, Michael Cera, Louisa Krause, Peter Stormare, Thomas Jay Ryan, Grace Zabriskie and Angeliki Papoulia, CRYPTOZOO is written and directed by Shaw, with Jane Samborski directing the stunning animation. [Magnolia Pictures]

Starring: Lake Bell(voice), Michael Cera(voice), Emily Davis(voice)
Director: Dash Shaw
Genre(s): Animation, Fantasy

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"To watch Cryptozoo is to open a Disneyland-size kingdom of ideas that never cease to astound."
— Carlos Aguilar, The Playlist

"This should solidify [Shaw's] rep as one of the most exciting new creators of cinematic animation."
— Randy Myers, San Jose Mercury News

"When something like Dash Shaw and Jane Samborski’s Cryptozoo comes along, it’s easy to recognize as one of the most gorgeous works of American animation in ages."
— Juan Barquin, The Film Stage

"When you turn on Cryptozoo, you’re in for something that’s unlike anything else you’ve seen before. It is the most interesting and singular animated movie I’ve seen in years."
— Lorry Kikta, Film Threat

"Brimming with constant new ideas and visual innovation, Shaw’s work captures the flurry of thought and motion at the center of dangerous times, and even dares to make them fun."
— Eric Kohn, IndieWire

"This time out, the writer-director (in collaboration with animation director Jane Samborski) is even more assured as both a storyteller and as a crafter of images, be they outrageous or gorgeous, haunting or hilarious."
— Alonso Duralde, TheWrap