Wes Anderson // From Above

A visual essay that highlights top-down shots from Wes Anderson's filmography.

Ozu: Passageways

People constantly appear walking through passageways in the films of Japanese filmmaker Yasujirō Ozu (1903-63). His art resides in the in-between spaces of modern life, in the transitory: alleys are no longer dark and threatening traps where suspense is born, but simple places of passage.

Eyes of Hitchcock

When characters stare at the camera in the films of Alfred Hitchcock, the look is almost always associated with the threat of death (through the eyes of a victim, a murderer, a witness). This momentary suspension between death and life is partly what makes Hitchcock the indisputable master of suspense.

Mirrors of Bergman

Filmmaker Kogonada reflects on women and mirrors in the films of Ingmar Bergman.

P.T. Anderson: Close-Ups

In Paul Thomas Anderson's lens, close-ups reveal emotions, unfold secrets, and storytelling power resides in subtle expressions.

Scorsese: The Mirrors

Scorsese Mirrors reflect emotions, revealing truths. A cinematic journey through the power of glass.

Telephones

Cleverly conceived and artfully edited, Christian Marclay's 7 1/2-minute video, Telephones, comprises a succession of brief film clips that creates a humorous narrative of its own in which the characters, in progression, dial, hear the phone ring, pick it up, converse, react, say goodbye and hang up. In doing so, they express a multitude of emotions--surprise, desire, anger, disbelief, excitement, boredom--ultimately leaving the impression that they are all part of one big conversation.

19 perc, 56 másodperc

Found footage supercut, mashup of Hungarian feature films about the 1956 revolution.

The Television

On the seventh day, the TV showed the young man somewhere at another time, but he did not notice. On the sixth day, the man just found himself on TV.

Only the Dead

A supercut of television’s The First 48. (Aaron Valdez)

Someday

The fragility of Earth's future, the uncertainty of life are among the core concepts director Páraic McGloughlin explores in this video for Kompakt duo Weval.

Joanna Lumley: Elvis and Me

Joanna Lumley travels to the USA to follow in the King of Rock 'n' Roll's footsteps.

The Swedish Theory of Love

Internationally Sweden is seen as a perfect society, a raw model and a symbol of the highest achievements of human progress. The Swedish Theory of Love digs into the true nature of Swedish life style, explores the existential black holes of a society that has created the most autonomous people in the world.

Sonita

If 18-year-old Sonita had a say, Michael Jackson and Rihanna would be her parents and she'd be a rapper who tells the story of Afghan women and their fate as child brides. She finds out that her family plans to sell her to an unknown husband for $9,000.

The Feature

The Feature does not reconcile fact and fiction; instead, it blurs the definitions seemingly represented by the film’s two clearly demarcated registers: that of the archival footage and that of the new, theatrical material. In his guise as “Michel Auder,” living a fulsome and extravagant life, replete with beautiful women and a rock-cut pool overlooking Los Angeles, the art world is revealed as a sham, and his character exhibits a repulsive narcissism. And yet, when caught in quiet moments, something poignant emerges—a glimmer of truth that rebels against the entire endeavour. Or maybe, that’s what makes The Feature.

Waste Mandala

Fora da Vida

The portrait of a community as they face their country's economic recession.

Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters

A career overview of film and TV actor Richard Widmark.

Tuono

Building Bastille

A half a billion dollar project, a crushing architectural challenge and impossible deadline, two warring political titans and an architect who has never built anything. What could go wrong?