Anomalisa

It s been seven whole years since screens were last graced by the singular, Oscar winning sensibility of Charlie Kaufman though, in fairness, the ornate writerly complexities of Synecdoche, New York gave us a lot to chew on in that time. Here s hoping he s on similarly stimulating form in his first animated project, co piloted with freshman feature director Duke Johnson. Featuring David Thewlis and the resurgent Jennifer Jason Leigh, it s a stop motion study of a motivational speaker facing an existential crisis.