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  • David Zieff – Escape From It’s a Wonderful Life (1996)

    1991-2000ComedyDavid ZieffTVUSA

    Quote:
    In 1996, the influential improv troupe that had come to New York from Chicago, the Upright Citizens Brigade — Amy Poehler, Matt Walsh, Matt Besser, and Ian Roberts, and my former Rolling Stone colleague Jay Martel — took advantage of a bizarre loophole in the copyright to Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life, which put the video into public domain.

    Comedy Central, still in its scruffy pre-South Park days when the Daily Show starred Craig Kilborn, let the UCB recut the movie down to about 50 minutes, and redub all the voices, telling a very different story.Read More »

  • Fred Guiol – Do Detectives Think? (1927)

    1921-1930ComedyFred GuiolSilentUSA

    Quote:
    An escaped convict is out to kill the judge who sentenced him. Two inept detectives are hired to guard the judge.Read More »

  • David Lean – The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

    Drama1951-1960David LeanUSAWar

    Synopsis :
    After settling his differences with a Japanese PoW camp commander, a British colonel co-operates to oversee his men’s construction of a railway bridge for their captors – while oblivious to a plan by the Allies to destroy it. (imdb)Read More »

  • Lyric R. Cabral & David Felix Sutcliffe – (T)ERROR (2015)

    2011-2020David FelixDocumentaryLyric R. CabralUSA

    (T)ERROR is the first documentary to place filmmakers on the ground during an active FBI counterterrorism sting operation. Through the perspective of “Shariff”, a 63-year-old Black revolutionary turned informant, viewers get an unfettered glimpse of the government’s counterterrorism tactics and the murky justifications behind them. Taut, stark and controversial, (T)ERROR illuminates the fragile relationships between individual and surveillance state in modern America, and asks who is watching the watchers.Read More »

  • Richard Kern – Nazi (1991)

    1991-2000ExperimentalRichard KernShort FilmUSA

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    Nazi is a short film by underground film-maker and photographer Richard Kern, featuring Annabelle Lee. This movie came from his Death Trip collection.Read More »

  • Robert Altman – O.C. and Stiggs (1987)

    USA1981-1990ComedyExploitationRobert Altman

    Plot description from IMDB:
    “O.C. and Stiggs aren’t your average unhappy teenagers. They not only despise their suburban surroundings, they plot against it. They seek revenge against the middle class Schwab family, who embody all they detest: middle class.”Read More »

  • David Schickele – Bushman (1971)

    1971-1980ComedyDavid SchickeleDocumentaryUSA

    Directed by the brother of Peter Schickele (P.D.Q. Bach), this film features an early performance from David Lynch favorite, Jack Nance!

    “The film describes the experiences and misadventures of a young Nigerian, nicknamed Gabriel, who comes to America for the first time, settles in the Bay Area and attends San Francisco State College.”
    -MUBIRead More »

  • Sidney Lumet – Q & A (1990)

    Drama1981-1990CrimeSidney LumetUSA

    Dirty cop, Mike Brennan thinks he got away with murder. But during a routine Q&A, the righteous assistant DA finds a clue that sets them both on a collision course.Read More »

  • Amanda Kim – Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (2023)

    2021-2030Amanda KimDocumentaryUSA

    Often referred to as the “”Godfather of Video Art””, Nam June Paik was one of the founding fathers of avant-garde art in the 20th century and arguably the most famous Korean contemporary artist. For the first time, debut filmmaker Amanda Kim profiles his art and life, telling the story of Paik’s meteoric rise in the New York art scene and his Nostradamus-like visions of a future in which “everybody will have his own TV channel”. Featuring an extensive archive of performance footage, original interviews from Paik’s contemporaries and collaborators, and a voiceover narration of Nam June Paik’s writings read by Executive Producer Steven Yeun (Minari, Nope), NAM JUNE PAIK: MOON IS THE OLDEST TV is a timely meditation on the contradictory ways in which technology elicits both fascist tendencies and intercultural understanding.Read More »

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