News on the Quay Brothers as of November 2025

 

Their first feature in twenty years, Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass, is the only story right now.

• U.S. theatrical roll-out
  Opened August 29 at Film Forum NYC (Christopher Nolan presented, sold-out nights).
  Still playing daily in Los Angeles at Lumiere Cinema (Music Hall) and San Diego at Digital Gym CINEMA.
  Just finished one-week runs in Cambridge (Brattle), Oklahoma City (OKCMOA), and Columbus (Wexner Center).
  35 mm prints of Street of Crocodiles often tag along as a short.
• Awards
  May 2025 – Anifilm Festival (Czech Republic): Best Feature Film for Adults.
• Distribution
  April 2025 – KimStim picked up all North American rights.
  Soundtrack by Timothy Nelson dropped on Bandcamp last month; fans are streaming the eerie waltzes on repeat.
• Exhibition
  March–April 2025 – “Dormitorium” at Swedenborg House, London: actual sets, dusty puppets, sheep-eye retinas under glass. Crowds queued around the block; the twins did a rare Q&A about oiling doll eyes with virgin olive oil.
• Press buzz
  New York Times (Aug 28): “Dreams out of joint… wafting from another century.”
  The Believer (Oct 14): “Junk-drawer Mütter Museum aesthetic.”
  X is full of first-timers posting “I’ll never sleep again” selfies outside theaters.