“If abstract films are really abstract films… they deal exclusively with those abstract relations that can be expressed in terms of shape and motion” wrote Robert Fairthorne in Film Art in 1936. A mathematician and information scientist, Fairthorne saw aesthetic potential in an animation made as a teaching aid by Salt, and proposed this collaboration. (Tate.org.uk)
When a bulldog threatens Tom to keep away from his puppy, Jerry realizes that sticking close to the ...
In a world that judges people by their number, Zero faces constant prejudice and persecution. He wal...
A farmer walking in the woods is frightened away by a shapeshifting fox, who then disguises himself ...
Tom and Jerry are in a cabin in the wild west. Jerry's rustling food, so Tom's owner won't let him e...
Tom, complete with mortarboard, is teaching a kitten the basics: "cats chase mice." But Jerry keeps ...
Spike is taking his son on a picnic. Jerry keeps hiding in the basket, so Tom keeps disrupting the p...
Tom's being especially lazy, which makes it even easier for Mammy to toss him out when her new mouse...
Pluto is towing Donald and his little motorboat. He gets distracted by a frog, and the boat runs awa...
Two nosy neighbors who drill a hole through their wall to spy on the canoodling couple next door get...
A salesman pursuing a potential client takes tenacity to new heights, and depths.
The film presents a drawing room meeting of enthusiastic puzzle workers. One gentleman has a new way...
Simple line drawings undergoing the usual transformations so beloved of French filmmaker Emile Cohl.
This very brief cartoon from Japan whose title translated means "The Monkey Fleet" and runs little m...
A hapless country doctor describes with breathless urgency a night-time summons to attend a young pa...
Kanoko is a young girl who lives alone with two young male housekeepers who could not be more differ...
Solely in black and white watercolors, the OVA follows a woman who awakes in a deserted town with no...
A man and a woman, talking over their relationship.
The rise of man has been filled with toils and adventures, from learning to build fire to turning to...
Fifth grader Naho has been both mama and sister to her baby brother, Jun. After making plans to meet...