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Writer-director Jeffrey Blitz followed his breakout documentary Spellbound with this fiction debut that has all the quirky, smart cinema angst of Rushmore, but adds some surprising twists to the traditional coming-of-age film. Reece Thompson plays Hal, a stuttering, awkward high schooler who joins the debate team as a way to get closer to a brainy […] |
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Somewhat typecast, John Malkovich plays unhinged Austrian symbolist Gustav Klimt (1862-1918). His paintings were characterized by fields of gold that would please the Byzantines, amplifying the unconcealed female eroticism that seeps off his canvases. This naughty aspect of the artist’s life is the focal point of this decadent film portrait from Chilean-born surrealist Raul Ruiz […] |
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Parker Posey stars in this independent romantic comedy from writer-director Zoe Cassavetes (as in the daughter of John Cassavetes). Nora Wilder is a successful woman in her thirties, she lives in New York City, and she has a ton of friends. So what’s the conflict? All her friends are happily married, and she’s all alone–a […] |
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An engrossing, eclectic collection of the most striking short films made by many of America’s most respected directors. |
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Cinematic magician, legendary provocateur, author of the infamous Hollywood Babylon books and creator of some of the most striking and beautiful works in the history of film, Kenneth Anger is a singular figure in post-war American culture. Covering the second half of Anger’s career including Scorpio Rising, Kustom Kar Kommandos, Invocation of My Demon […] |
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Wild Tigers I Have Known, which premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, was recently nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for “Best Cinematography,” and has received tremendous critical acclaim. B. Ruby Rich of the San Francisco Bay Guardian describes the film as “…dreamy and sexy, transgressive and poetic.” Wild Tigers I Have Known […] |
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Two filmmakers try to infiltrate an underground bicycle club. Driven by anti-materialism and a belief that the impending apocalypse will render cars useless and leave bicycles in power, Black Label Bike Club (BLBC) battles mainstream consumer culture and rival gangs for its vision of a better tomorrow. Pulling threads from Critical Mass and the wider […] |
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Tension is mounting in New York City as we glimpse into the hide outs, squats and club houses of some of NYC’s notorious bicycle gangs. Too many stolen bikes, too many car crashes, not enough fresh air, something has to be done. |