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A Machine to Live In is a hybrid documentary linking the cosmic power structures of the state to the mystical architecture of cults and utopian cities in the remote hinterlands of Brazil.Read More »

A man closes up a lecture hall; he reaches into a box and snips the string holding a gaunt puppet. Released, the puppet warily explores the darkened rooms about him. Screws twist out of objects and move about. A boy doll catches light with a mirror, shining it around: he spotlights the gaunt explorer. An adult female doll stands with breasts exposed. Mechanical spools and wheels turn. The gaunt man investigates. Four doll men surround him, dress him in colorful clothes, invite him to look inside displays that include drawings of penile skeletons. Female dolls awkwardly rotate their arms from broken shoulders. The gaunt man watches. Bruno Schultz is quoted. (IMDb)Read More »

John Carpenter was a student at the University of Southern California when he and fellow students Nick Castle, Trace Johnston, John Longnecker and James Rokos made this Oscar winning short.

John Carpenter was credited as Writer, Editor and Composer.Read More »

A Havana prostitute (Helen Twelvetrees) with a sadistic “protector” (Ricardo Cortez) falls for a young sailor (Phillips Holmes).Read More »

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Hollywood actor Johnny Marco, nested in his luxury hotel of choice, is a stimulated man. Drinking, parties and women keep a creeping boredom under wraps in between jobs. He is the occasional father of a bright girl, Cleo, who may be spoiled but doesn’t act it. When Cleo’s mother drops her off and leaves town, Johnny brings her along for the ride, but can he fit an 11-year-old girl into his privileged lifestyle?Read More »

When a local observatory notices Martian spaceships rocketing through space, news and bulletins are sent out to warn Earth of their inevitable invasion. When Woody notices a bulletin about them on TV, he pays no mind until he sees the spaceships landing outside his tree home. The Martians are revealed to be termites who immediately get to work devouring Woody’s home. Woody tries to stop them but the creatures are one step ahead of him until he notices their weakness …scotch tape which he uses to ensnare them all then put them to work in his factory making good household uses of the Martians (bottle opener, burglar alarm, etc.).Read More »

An opera for television by Robert Ashley. Robert Ashley’s television opera “about” bank robbery, cocktail lounges, geriatric love, adolescent elopement, et al, in the American Midwest. One of the definitive text-sound compositions of the late 20th century.Read More »

A black high school student is caught dating a white girl by the girl’s brother. He and his biker gang beat the boy to death. The boy’s brother, who is a member of a black biker gang, hears about it and comes to town to avenge his brother’s death.Read More »

The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them…Read More »