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In 1957, after the launch of Sputnik, a giant robot falls from outer space and lands in the woods of a small New England town. A young boy named Hogarth befriends the metal monster and hides it in the family barn but trouble starts when the US military comes to investigate. Brad Bird's beautifully-animated feature debut explores themes of human nature, militarism and Cold War paranoia. Expressive and detailed, The Iron Giant is a stylistic throwback to the classic hand-drawn Disney features of the past, with touches of Norman Rockwell and Hayao Miyazaki.

Tonight, we pair two films where dolls are used to tell stories of trauma and the creative process. In Jeff Malmberg's documentary Marwencol, outsider artist Mark Hogancamp builds a miniature world to rehabilitate himself after suffering brain injury from an assault. In Superstar, Todd Haynes reinvents the celebrity biopic, dramatizing pop singer Karen Carpenter's brief and tragic life with Barbie dolls.

Tonight, we pair two films where dolls are used to tell stories of trauma and the creative process. In Jeff Malmberg's documentary Marwencol, outsider artist Mark Hogancamp builds a miniature world to rehabilitate himself after suffering brain injury from an assault. In Superstar, Todd Haynes reinvents the celebrity biopic, dramatizing pop singer Karen Carpenter's brief and tragic life with Barbie dolls.