If you ever talk to an animator, they are likely to share two opinions very quickly: one, “Animation is not a genre.” And two, “Animation isn’t exclusively for children.” Dash Shaw is one of many ...

Animated film "Cryptozoo" imagines a world in which mythological creatures coexist with modern humans. Courtesy of Sundance Institute / Johnny Dell'Angelo See more of our coverage in your search ...

Cartoonist Dash Shaw's psychedelic second feature, 'Cryptozoo,' is a fantastical animated action thriller about the fight to save a utopian sanctuary for mythological creatures from a military plan to ...

Even though Cryptozoo filmmaker Dash Shaw and animation director Jane Samborski started work on their avant-garde toon five years ago, the comedic adult animated pic has an eerie resonance in the wake ...

Adult-targeted animation is a tricky genre to nail. Although, I suppose the existence of Adult Swim, the Cartoon Network’s mature-targeted block of programming that’s spawned a genre unto itself, ...

Writer, artist, and director Dash Shaw’s adult animated fantasy film Cryptozoo is a morality play masquerading as a dark reflection of Jurassic Park. In that film, dinosaurs were brought back to life ...

Today sees North America’s most interesting indie animated release in some time. Dash Shaw’s Cryptozoo caught our eye at Sundance, where it won an award; on Wednesday, we premiered an exclusive clip.

From Cryptozoo (2021), a film by Dash Shaw and Jane Samborski (all images courtesy Magnolia) The film’s art style represents the most noteworthy change from My Entire High School. That film looked ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you ever talk to an animator, they are likely to share two opinions very quickly: one, “Animation is not a genre.” And two, ...

This review of “Cryptozoo” was first published after the film’s premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. If you ever talk to an animator, they are likely to share two opinions very quickly: one, ...