Little Otik The Cabinet of Dr. Svankmajer

"The season's best picture! Don't miss this baby, whatever you do!"—Mike D'Angelo, Time Out New York

"Rivals The Exorcist, Rosemary's Baby, and Eraserhead as a disturbing treatise on the fear of parenthood."—The New York Times

The latest feature from Czech animator Jan Svankmajer, Little Otik is based on a folktale about a childless couple who "adopt" a vaguely human-shaped tree stump as their "baby," only to have it turn into an all-devouring monster. A disturbing yet hilarious treatise on parenthood, it artfully combines real actors and settings with stop-motion animation techniques to bring "Little Otik" to malevolent life. (2000; 127 mins.)

Introducing each screening is the inimitable Brothers Quay tribute, The Cabinet of Dr. Svankmajer. (1984; 14 mins.)