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    Big Time 2017 POSTER

    Big Time

    2017

    Danish

    6.5

    8

    85%

    83%

    Action

    architecture

    Biography

    Documentary

    Kaspar Astrup Schröder Kaspar Astrup Schröder Director Charlie Rose Charlie Rose as Himself Jonathan Durst Jonathan Durst as Himself Daniel Libeskind Daniel Libeskind as Himself Larry Silverstein Larry Silverstein as Himself
    Big Time gets up close with Danish architectural prodigy Bjarke Ingels over a period of six years while he is struggling to complete his largest projects yet, the Manhattan skyscraper W57 and Two World Trade Center.
    Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City 1968 POSTER

    Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City

    1968

    Portuguese

    7.5

    6

    Action

    architecture

    Documentary

    short

    short film

    Joaquim Pedro de Andrade Joaquim Pedro de Andrade Director Ferreira Gullar Ferreira Gullar as Narrator
    In 1967, de Andrade was invited by the Italian company Olivetti to produce a documentary on the new Brazilian capital city of Brasília. Constructed during the latter half of the 1950s and founded in 1960, the city was part of an effort to populate Brazil’s vast interior region and was to be the embodiment of democratic urban planning, free from the class divisions and inequalities that characterize so many metropolises. Unsurprisingly, Brasília, Contradições de uma Cidade Nova (Brasília, Contradictions of a New City, 1968) revealed Brasília to be utopic only for the wealthy, replicating the same social problems present in every Brazilian city. (Senses of Cinema)
    Architecture of Infinity 2018 POSTER

    Architecture of Infinity

    2018

    German

    6.9

    4

    Action

    architecture

    architecture history

    artfilm

    Documentary

    perception

    space

    Christoph Schaub Christoph Schaub Director Raphael Clamer Raphael Clamer as Narrator Jojo Mayer Jojo Mayer as Self Cristina Iglésias Cristina Iglésias as Self Peter Märkli Peter Märkli as Self
    How can structures, which take up defined, rigid portions of space, make us feel transcendence? How can chapels turn into places of introspection? How can walls grant boundless freedom? Driven by intense childhood impressions, director Christoph Schaub visits extraordinary churches, both ancient and futuristic, and discovers works of art that take him up to the skies and all the way down to the bottom of the ocean. With the help of architects Peter Zumthor, Peter Märkli, and Álvaro Siza Vieira, artists James Turrell and Cristina Iglesias, and drummer Sergé “Jojo” Mayer, he tries to make sense of the world and decipher our spiritual experiences using the seemingly abstract concepts of light, time, rhythm, sound, and shape. The superb cinematography turns this contemplative search into a multi-sensory experience.
    Antonio Gaudí 1984 POSTER

    Antonio Gaudí

    1984

    Japanese

    7.2

    5

    Action

    architect

    architecture

    Documentary

    gaudi

    Hiroshi Teshigahara Hiroshi Teshigahara Director Seiji Miyaguchi Seiji Miyaguchi as Boada Isidro Puig Boada Isidro Puig Boada as Self Antoni Gaudí Antoni Gaudí as Subject - Artist
    Catalan architect Antonio Gaudí (1852-1926) designed some of the world's most astonishing buildings, interiors, and parks; Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara constructed some of the most aesthetically audacious films ever made. With camera work as bold and sensual as the curves of his subject's organic structures, Teshigahara immortalizes Gaudí on film.
    Tadao Ando 1988 POSTER

    Tadao Ando

    1988

    English

    7.9

    3

    Action

    architect

    architecture

    art documentary

    Documentary

    profile

    Michael Blackwood Michael Blackwood Director Tadao Andô Tadao Andô as Self
    Tadao Ando, a self-taught architect, proposes an international architecture that he believes can only be conceived by someone Japanese. His architecture mixes Piranesian drama with contemplative spaces in urban complexes, residences and chapels. This film presents the formative years of his impressive career before he embarked on projects in Europe and the United States.
    One Big Home 2016 POSTER

    One Big Home

    2016

    English

    6.4

    1

    Action

    architecture

    community

    Documentary

    gentrification

    Thomas Bena Thomas Bena Director Doug Liman Doug Liman as Self Brendan O'Neill Brendan O'Neill as Self Jack Reed Jack Reed as Self David Silverman David Silverman as Self
    On the tiny island of Martha's Vineyard, where presidents and celebrities vacation, trophy homes threaten to destroy the islands unique character. Twelve years in the making, One Big Home follows one carpenters journey to understand the trend toward giant houses. When he feels complicit in wrecking the place he calls home, he takes off his tool belt and picks up a camera.
    Blind 2014 POSTER

    Blind

    2014

    Norwegian

    6.8

    29

    92%

    74%

    Action

    architecture

    Drama

    dream

    dreams

    infidelity

    loneliness

    single mother

    Eskil Vogt Eskil Vogt Director Jo S. Refseth Jo S. Refseth as Cinematekansatt Ellen Dorrit Petersen Ellen Dorrit Petersen as Ingrid Tim Nansen Tim Nansen as Lege Steffen Skau Linnert Steffen Skau Linnert as Restaurantkelner
    Having recently lost her sight, Ingrid retreats to the safety of her home—a place where she can feel in control, alone with her husband and her thoughts. After a while, Ingrid starts to feel the presence of her husband in the flat when he is supposed to be at work. At the same time, her lonely neighbor who has grown tired of even the most extreme pornography shifts his attention to a woman across the street. Ingrid knows about this but her real problems lie within, not beyond the walls of her apartment, and her deepest fears and repressed fantasies soon take over.
    Goodbye First Love 2011 POSTER

    Goodbye First Love

    2011

    French

    6.7

    11

    83%

    61%

    Action

    architecture

    beach

    Drama

    letter

    loire river and valley

    paris, france

    Romance

    strike

    Mia Hansen-Løve Mia Hansen-Løve Director Lola Créton Lola Créton as Camille Yuanchen Zhang Yuanchen Zhang as Etudiante architecture Valérie Bonneton Valérie Bonneton as La mère de Camille Magne-Håvard Brekke Magne-Håvard Brekke as Lorenz
    A 15-year-old discovers the joys and heartaches of first love with an older teen, but in the ensuing years, cannot seem to move past their breakup.
    The American Sector 2020 POSTER

    The American Sector

    2020

    English

    7.0

    2

    100%

    Action

    americana

    architecture

    Documentary

    Courtney Stephens Courtney Stephens Director
    A documentary about the concrete sections of the Berlin Wall that have been acquired by institutions or individuals since 1989 and are now scattered across the USA. Cherished or abandoned, they have become silent witnesses to recent history.
    The Experimental City 2017 POSTER

    The Experimental City

    2017

    English

    6.5

    2

    architecture

    Documentary

    Chad Freidrichs Chad Freidrichs Director
    In the 1960s, frustrated by the growing problem of urban pollution, Athelstan Spilhaus, a visionary scientist and futurist comic strip writer, assembled a team of experts to develop a bold experiment: the Minnesota Experimental City (MXC). MXC would be the city of the future, a domed metropolis for 250,000 pioneering residents, built from scratch and using cutting-edge technology to prevent urban sprawl and pollution. Things didn’t quite go as planned, as explored in Chad Friedrichs’ fascinating look back at the would-be city of tomorrow.
    Valldaura: A Quarantine Cabin 2022 POSTER

    Valldaura: A Quarantine Cabin

    2022

    Spanish

    6.7

    1

    Action

    architecture

    cabin in the woods

    community

    design

    Documentary

    forest

    harvest

    Manuel Lógar Manuel Lógar Director
    A group of young architects, confined to a forest in Barcelona during the COVID crisis, explore the problems generated by the ambition of wanting to be completely self-sufficient.
    Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future 2016 POSTER

    Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future

    2016

    English

    7.4

    3

    architecture

    Biography

    Documentary

    Peter Rosen Peter Rosen Director Blythe Danner Blythe Danner as Aline Saarinen Peter Franzén Peter Franzén as Eero Saarinen Cesar Pelli Cesar Pelli as Himsef, architect Jeffrey J. Osborne Jeffrey J. Osborne as Self - design consultant
    Best known for designing National Historic Landmarks such as St. Louis’ iconic Gateway Arch and the General Motors Technical Center, Saarinen also designed New York’s TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Yale University’s Ingalls Rink and Morse and Ezra Stiles Colleges, Virginia’s Dulles Airport, and modernist pedestal furniture like the Tulip chair.
    L'amatore 2016 POSTER

    L'amatore

    2016

    Italian

    6.5

    1

    Action

    architect

    architecture

    Biography

    Documentary

    fascism

    italy

    milan

    woman director

    Maria Mauti Maria Mauti Director Piero Portaluppi Piero Portaluppi as (archive footage) Giulia Lazzarini Giulia Lazzarini as (voice)
    The memory of Piero Portaluppi, a Milanese architect who reached the peak of his fame during the 20 years of the Fascist regime, comes back to life, both through the rediscovery of his work today and in a previously unpublished film diary in 16 mm, shot and edited throughout his lifetime. A man of great charm and power, Portaluppi lived through a grandiose but tragic era with ironic detachment, as if dancing across things as he created beauty. History marches on implacably, radically transforming the arena in which the eclectic artist and his large family lived and worked.
    Eames: The Architect & The Painter 2011 POSTER

    Eames: The Architect & The Painter

    2011

    English

    7.1

    88%

    81%

    Action

    architecture

    art

    biography

    Biography

    Documentary

    Jason Cohn Jason Cohn Director James Franco James Franco as Self Paul Schrader Paul Schrader as Self Charles Eames Charles Eames as Self Jeannine Oppewall Jeannine Oppewall as Self
    Interviews with the junior designers swept into the 24-7 world of "The Eamery" are the heart of this complex picture of a husband-and-wife creative team that define the era of Mid-Century Modernism. Narrated by James Franco, the film draws from a trove of archival material, primarily the stunning films and photographs produced in mind-boggling volume by Charles, Ray, and their staff during the hyper-creative forty years of the Eames Office.
    Bamboo Theatre 2019 POSTER

    Bamboo Theatre

    2019

    Cn

    7.2

    2

    Action

    anthropology

    architecture

    craftsman

    Documentary

    humanity

    religious art

    ritualized cultural performance

    Cheung Cheuk Cheung Cheuk Director
    This film is a portrait of unique cultural space for Spirits, Gods and People. While permanent theatres are commonly built in most cosmopolitan modern cities, Hong Kong preserves a unique theatrical architecture, a Chinese tradition that has lasted more than a century - Bamboo Theatre.
    If You Build It 2013 POSTER

    If You Build It

    2013

    English

    7.2

    1

    78%

    88%

    Action

    architecture

    construction

    Documentary

    education

    Patrick Creadon Patrick Creadon Director Jamesha Thompson Jamesha Thompson as Self Eric Wandmacher Eric Wandmacher as Self Ron Wesson Ron Wesson as Self Cj Robertson Cj Robertson as Self
    A year in the life of one of America's most innovative classrooms where students design & build to transform their hometown community. The film follows Emily Pilloton and Matt Miller as they teach the fundamentals of design, architecture and construction to a class of high school juniors in rural North Carolina.
    Mid-Century 2022 POSTER

    Mid-Century

    2022

    English

    3.4

    14

    44%

    62%

    Action

    architect

    architecture

    Fantasy

    Horror

    misogyny

    Mystery

    psychopath

    Thriller

    vacation home

    young couple

    Sonja O'Hara Sonja O'Hara Director Chelsea Gilligan Chelsea Gilligan as Alice Dodgeson M.D. Bruce Dern Bruce Dern as Emil Larson Stephen Lang Stephen Lang as Frederick Banner Emmy Perry Emmy Perry as Hannah
    A husband and wife's weekend in a mid-century modern vacation rental turns deadly when the husband discovers the owner is a psychopath with a backyard of buried secrets and designs on his wife.
    Petra: Secrets of the Ancient Builders 2019 POSTER

    Petra: Secrets of the Ancient Builders

    2019

    English

    7.3

    3

    Action

    ancient history

    ancient world

    architecture

    Documentary

    Thierry Fessard Thierry Fessard Director Bert Thomas Morris Bert Thomas Morris as Narrator Laurent Tholbecq Laurent Tholbecq as Self - Archaeologist and Historian Thomas R. Paradise Thomas R. Paradise as Self - Geographer and Geologist David Graf David Graf as Self - Historian and Archaeologist
    In the heart of the Jordanian desert, the ancient city of Petra is full of mysteries. How was this architectural wonder created over 2,000 years ago? The technical prowess of Petra, an ancient city in southern Jordan, which was a wonder in the middle of the desert.
    High-Rise 2015 POSTER

    High-Rise

    2015

    English

    71

    60%

    38%

    Action

    architecture

    based on novel or book

    Drama

    high rise

    Horror

    london, england

    Sci-Fi

    skyscraper

    upper class

    Ben Wheatley Ben Wheatley Director Sienna Miller Sienna Miller as Charlotte Tom Hiddleston Tom Hiddleston as Laing Emilia Jones Emilia Jones as Vicky Luke Evans Luke Evans as Wilder
    Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.
    The Second Mother 2015 POSTER

    The Second Mother

    2015

    Portuguese

    7.8

    7

    98%

    90%

    architecture

    class differences

    Comedy

    Drama

    housekeeper

    parent child relationship

    woman director

    Anna Muylaert Anna Muylaert Director Luis Miranda Luis Miranda as Antonio Jardineiro Alex Huszar Alex Huszar as Caveira Anapaula Csernik Anapaula Csernik as Diléia Bete Dorgam Bete Dorgam as Janaina
    After leaving her daughter Jessica in a small town in Pernambuco to be raised by relatives, Val spends the next 13 years working as a nanny to Fabinho in São Paulo. She has financial stability but has to live with the guilt of having not raised Jessica herself. As Fabinho’s university entrance exams approach, Jessica reappears in her life and seems to want to give her mother a second chance. However, Jessica has not been raised to be a servant and her very existence will turn Val’s routine on its head. With precision and humour, the subtle and powerful forces that keep rigid class structures in place and how the youth may just be the ones to shake it all up.
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