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Aaahh Belinda
7.8

Aaahh Belinda

Apr. 02, 1986

Aaahh Belinda

The scenario ( and the story ) depends on an original idea, what if our lives change in a second to a totally different one in which we find ...
Oxygen
5.6

Oxygen

Jun. 25, 1970

Oxygen

In this story set in near future, a group of young rebels, hippies and 1968 protesters want to cede and make an independent Island from the ...
Light From the Tower
2.4

Light From the Tower

Apr. 14, 2020

Light From the Tower

A costumer designer is sent to the Catskills for an interactive theatre piece set in the 1920s. When she arrives things seem dark, strange and ...
Sweet Movie
6.2

Sweet Movie

Jun. 12, 1974

Sweet Movie

The winner (Carole Laure) of the Miss World Virginity contest marries, escapes from her masochistic husband and ends up involved in a world of ...
Socialist Realism
7.1

Socialist Realism

Sep. 23, 2023

Socialist Realism

A satirical reading of the process of the “Unidad Popular” of President Salvador Allende, prior to the military civic coup of 1973 in ...
Fragment of Seeking
6.3

Fragment of Seeking

Oct. 24, 1947

Fragment of Seeking

A young man desperately seeks out the fleeting image of a female companion, and though he never quite catches her, he discovers much more through ...
The Light Penetrates the Dark
6.1

The Light Penetrates the Dark

‘The Light Penetrates the Dark (1931)’ was apparently the first work of Czech experimental filmmaker Otakar Vávra, released when he ...
Empire
3.7

Empire

Mar. 06, 1965

Empire

A single shot of the Empire State Building from early evening until nearly 3 am the next day. Release: Empire 1964 tt0196530 General: avi | 500 ...
Same Player Shoots Again
4.2

Same Player Shoots Again

Oct. 11, 1968

Same Player Shoots Again

Sequence of five shots, each one with a particular color treatment, in which a man carrying a machine gun runs. He moves fast in the beginning ...
Atman
6.6

Atman

Mar. 30, 1975

Atman

Shot in 16mm colour film, this experimental short film is an incredibly hypnotic excerpt that focuses on a lone masked figure seated in a valley. ...
Lou Reed & John Cale: Songs for Drella
7.9

Lou Reed & John Cale: Songs for Drella

Songs for Drella is a concept album by Lou Reed and John Cale, both formerly of The Velvet Underground, and is dedicated to the memory of Andy ...
Masking Threshold
7

Masking Threshold

Sep. 30, 2022

Masking Threshold

Conducting a series of experiments in his makeshift home-lab, a skeptic IT worker tries to cure his harrowing hearing impairment. But where will ...
Lux Æterna
6.5

Lux Æterna

May. 18, 2019

Lux Æterna

Two actresses, Béatrice Dalle and Charlotte Gainsbourg, are on a film set telling stories about witches. A vibrant essay on respect for beliefs, ...
Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Trans
6.8

Four Journeys Into Mystic Time: Trans

Part of the larger filmic Four Journeys Into Mystic Time, in this work director Shirley Clarke makes use of a dancer’s body not only as the ...
New York Portrait, Chapter I
7.2

New York Portrait, Chapter I

Hutton’s most impressive work … the filmmaker’s style takes on an assertive edge that marks his maturity. The landscape has a ...
Night Awake
7.1

Night Awake

Apr. 29, 2016

Night Awake

To summon the third eye awakening, we should not agitate the surface of the mind and physical eye, but soothe and provoke the third eye to ...
Rabbit’s Moon
6.7

Rabbit’s Moon

Jan. 01, 1971

Rabbit’s Moon

Pierrot waxes romantic, entranced by the moon. Harlequin appears and bullies him, then uses a magic lantern to project an image of Columbine. ...
Dog’s Night Song
6.9

Dog’s Night Song

Nov. 04, 1983

Dog’s Night Song

A priest arrives in a village and give advice and comfort to different people. He meets a wheelchair-bound former representative of the Communist ...
Topos
7.0

Topos

Oct. 01, 1985

Topos

During its 85-minute running time, this jarring experimental film takes a no-holds-barred look at the way women have been treated and depicted in ...
Heaven and Earth Magic
5.1

Heaven and Earth Magic

Jan. 01, 1962

Heaven and Earth Magic

New York beat cronies slumbering through Harry Smith, Burroughs and Ginsberg, University Columbia, Colombia, or the crazy is just what we need, ...