Ruben Brandt, Collector

Director: Milorad Krstic

2018 / 96min / DCP

Chockablock with references to art and cinema history, Krstić’s extravagantly detailed, dazzlingly designed, noir-inspired 2D animated thriller follows a psychotherapist, the Brandt of the title, who is so tormented by nightmares in which he’s assailed by famous canvases—by Hopper, Manet, Warhol, and others—that he decides to attempt a radical cure, stealing every one of the afflicting paintings. “A voluptuously trippy, wildly original art-theft romp… Defies easy categorization save inclusion on any adult animation fan’s must-see list.”—The Los Angeles Times