Suddenly the characters looked three-dimensional. But unlike most animated movies these days, the characters in "Klaus" aren't CGI and can't even be considered 3D. It's all just a trick of the light.

Klaus has just passed his driving test for forklifts. But his first day on the job turns out to be the real challenge. Cruel but informative accidents happen. Only few survive the blood shed.

The movie, Netflix’s first animated feature which was released just ahead of Christmas back in 2019, remains one of the best-reviewed of the genre on Rotten Tomatoes four years later.

The grounds of Klaus Rinke’s Los Angeles studio overflow with an otherworldly cactus garden. The cactus—a plant firmly rooted in the horticultural zeitgeist—is a lifelong obsession of the ...