The UWM Union Theatre pays tribute tonight to one of Japan’s most interesting contemporary animators as part of its Tuesday night Experimental Tuesdays series. A 60-minute program collects the recent works of Naoyuki Tsuji, whose cloudy, pencil and charcoal animations pit small children against anthropomorphized objects, otherworldly entities and frightening grown-ups. Capturing the scope of the childhood imagination and the bewilderment of youth, these short films are at once dreamlike and nightmarish.
The Animated Films of Naoyuki Tsuji
Tonight @ UWM Union Theatre, 7 p.m.
