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The Mermaids (1994)
0 / 10

Documentary

A video essay by Luiz Rosemberg Filho on the standardization of beauty through mass media.

Filmfarsi (2019)
2 / 10

Documentary

A found-footage essay, Filmfarsi salvages low budget thrillers and melodramas suppressed following the 1979 Islamic revolution.

Don't Work (1968-2018) (2018)
3 / 10

Documentary

A year in the life of Elsa Michaud and Gabriel Gauthier, students of Fine Arts in Paris, lovers in troubled times, overwhelmed by maddening verbal...

A Weak & Panicked Animal (2024)
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Horror

Enclosed by a civilised landscape, society reduces the problem of human survival to a minimum. The sidewalk, the fence, the clearing, demarcate a...

Boobs (2022)
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Documentary

A witty, forthright dive into the wonderful world of boobs by singer and filmmaker Elizabeth Sankey - from enhanced boobs to 'free the nipple', bras,...

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story (1989)
6.5 / 10

Documentary

A very personal look at the history of cinema directed, written and edited by Jean-Luc Godard in his Swiss residence in Rolle for ten years...

Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty (1997)
6.6 / 10

Documentary

A very personal look at the history of cinema directed, written and edited by Jean-Luc Godard in his Swiss residence in Rolle for ten years...

The Green Fog (2018)
6.2 / 10

Documentary

A tribute to a fascinating film shot by Alfred Hitchcock in 1958, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak, and to the city of San Francisco, California,...

Director's First Minute After Death (2024)
10 / 10

Documentary

The reflection of the first visions experienced by a young experimental film director after death. A film centered on understanding death itself as...

Agit-Prop (1993)
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Documentary

A documentary about the life and work of poet and visual artist Moacy Cirne.

The Truth About the Imaginary Passion of an Unknown (1974)
4.9 / 10

Drama

A very personal interpretation, to say the least, of the passion of the Christ According to St. John.

Bohemia Docta or the Labyrinth of the World and the Lust-House of the Heart (A Divine Comedy) (2000)
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Documentary

A labyrinthine portrait of Czech culture on the brink of a new millennium. Egon Bondy prophesies a capitalist inferno, Jim Čert admits to...

Vowellet - An Essay by Sarah Vowell (2005)
2 / 10

Documentary

This Pixar documentary short follows Sarah Vowell, who plays herself as the title character, on why she is a superhero in her own way. (This short...

Blue Diary (1997)
5.2 / 10

Drama

Through voiceover and static San Francisco landscapes this experimental narrative short tells the melancholy story of a butch dyke pining over a one...

Fear Itself (2015)
6.2 / 10

Mystery, Documentary, Horror

A girl haunted by traumatic events takes us on a mesmerising journey through 100 years of horror cinema to explore how filmmakers scare us – and...

Land of Dreams (1988)
7 / 10

Documentary

"Land of Dreams" - When the daughter Johanna is born in 1983, Jan Troell tells the story about his childhood Sweden and how things were when he...

Hands Up! (1985)
5.8 / 10

Drama

The reunion of a group of former medical students results in a flood of bitter memories.

Magnicidios Poe (2017)
2 / 10

Documentary, Comedy, Animation

The sarcastic account of the assassination of five Spanish politicians between 1870 and 1973 is mixed with the narration of five short stories by...

Criterion Designs (2014)
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Kogonada's video essay made in conjunction with the release of Criterion Designs, a 300-page book, which features highlights from cover art...

The Twenty One Pilots Universe: Welcome to Trench (2018)
10 / 10

Documentary

A documentary series finale analysing the entirety of Twenty One Pilots' new full-length studio album "Trench". Jimmy not only uncovers the stories...