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Stopmotion (2023, R, 1h 33m) Stars: Aisling Franciosi, Stella Gonet, Tom York Director: Robert Morgan Ella Blake is a stop-motion animator who is struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother. Suddenly alone in the world, she embarks upon the creation of a macabre new puppet film, which soon becomes the battleground for her sanity. As Ella’s mind starts to fracture, the characters in her animated film take on a terrifying life of their own, and the unleashed power of her imagination threatens to destroy her. Special Features: Interview with Aisling Franciosi “Ella Blake” Interview with Director Robert Morgan Behind the Scenes of Stopmotion "It's chilling and tragic in equal measures.” – Austin Chronicle “there is an intelligence and ferocity at play here that speaks to much grander things than just simple genre thrills” – AWFJ

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In the early 1960s, at the height of the British New Wave, a movement whose gritty realism they had helped establish, director Tony Richardson and playwright John Osborne set out for more fanciful narrative territory. Tom Jones brings a theatrical flair to Henry Fielding s canonical eighteenth-century novel, boisterously chronicling the misadventures of the foundling of the title (Albert Finney, in a career-defining turn), whose easy charm seems to lead him astray at every turn from his beloved, the wellborn Sophie Western (Susannah York). This spirited picaresque, evocatively shot in England s rambling countryside and featuring an extraordinary ensemble cast, went on to become a worldwide sensation, winning the Oscar for best picture on the way to securing its status as a classic of irreverent wit and playful cinematic expression. TWO-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES - New 4K digital restorations of the original theatrical version of the film and the 1989 director s cut, both supervised by director of photography Walter Lassally, with uncompressed monaural and stereo soundtracks - New program on the film s cinematography featuring a conversation between Lassally and critic Peter Cowie - Excerpt from a 1982 episode of The Dick Cavett Show featuring actor Albert Finney - New interview with actor Vanessa Redgrave on director Tony Richardson, to whom she was married from 1962 to 1967 - New interview with film scholar Duncan Petrie on the movie s impact on British cinema - Illustrated archival audio interview with composer John Addison on his Oscar-winning score for the film - New interview with the director s-cut editor, Robert Lambert - PLUS: An essay by scholar Neil Sinyard