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    Dear God No! 2011 POSTER

    Dear God No!

    2011

    English

    3.8

    25

    29%

    29%

    Action

    avant-garde

    biker gangs

    bizarre

    Comedy

    gore

    Horror

    murder

    James Bickert James Bickert Director Madeline Brumby Madeline Brumby as Edna Marco Jett Bryant Jett Bryant as Jett James Bickert James Bickert as Jimbo Shawn Murphy Shawn Murphy as Priest
    A gang of outlaw bikers pull a home invasion on a disgraced Anthropologist hiding a secret locked in his cabin basement.
    Portrait of a Young Man in Three Movements 1931 POSTER

    Portrait of a Young Man in Three Movements

    1931

    English

    6.4

    3

    Action

    avant-garde

    Documentary

    Henwar Rodakiewicz Henwar Rodakiewicz Director
    This is a non-narrative film, comprised of shots that "portray a certain young man in the terms of the things that he likes", such as the flow of the tide on a seashore, the motion of finely-tuned machinery, and sunlight shining through the fronds of a palm.
    Luz 2018 POSTER

    Luz

    2018

    German

    5.4

    14

    Action

    avant-garde

    brechtian

    demon

    Horror

    Mystery

    possessed

    taxi driver

    thesis film

    Thriller

    Tilman Singer Tilman Singer Director Keshav Purushotham Keshav Purushotham as Barmann Nadja Stübiger Nadja Stübiger as Bertillon Kate Dervishi Kate Dervishi as Flughafendurchsage Reinhard Singer Reinhard Singer as Polizist am Empfang
    Luz, a young cabdriver, drags herself into the brightly lit entrance of a run-down police station. A demonic entity follows her, determined to finally be close to the woman it loves.
    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One 1968 POSTER

    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

    1968

    English

    7.2

    2

    88%

    76%

    Action

    avant-garde

    big city

    cameraman

    cinéma vérité

    Documentary

    filmmaking

    non-narrative

    William Greaves William Greaves Director Audrey Heningham Audrey Heningham as Black Lady clapping her Hands Don Fellows Don Fellows as Self - Actor Testing for Freddy Susan Anspach Susan Anspach as Self - Actress Testing for Alice Maria Zeheri Maria Zeheri as Self - Camera Assistant
    In Manhattan's Central Park, a film crew directed by William Greaves is shooting a screen test with various pairs of actors. It's a confrontation between a couple: he demands to know what's wrong, she challenges his sexual orientation. Cameras shoot the exchange, and another camera records Greaves and his crew. Sometimes we watch the crew discussing this scene, its language, and the process of making a movie. Is there such a thing as natural language? Are all things related to sex? The camera records distractions - a woman rides horseback past them; a garrulous homeless vet who sleeps in the park chats them up. What's the nature of making a movie?
    Zappa 2020 POSTER

    Zappa

    2020

    English

    7.5

    35

    96%

    82%

    Action

    avant-garde

    bandleader

    biography

    Biography

    composer

    Documentary

    History

    Music

    progressive rock

    rock singer

    Alex Winter Alex Winter Director John Lennon John Lennon as Self Kathie Lee Gifford Kathie Lee Gifford as Self Regis Philbin Regis Philbin as Self Vinnie Colaiuta Vinnie Colaiuta as Self
    With the help of more than 10,000 dedicated Zappa fans, this is the long-awaited definitive documentary project of Alex Winter documenting the life and career of enigmatic groundbreaking rock star Frank Zappa. Alex also utilizes in this picture thousands of hours of painstakingly digitized videos, photos, audio, writing, and everything in between from Zappa's private archives. These chronicles have never been brought to a public audience before, until now.
    Mondo Hollywoodland 2019 POSTER

    Mondo Hollywoodland

    2019

    English

    4.1

    2

    88%

    85%

    Action

    avant-garde

    Comedy

    drug dealer

    magic mushroom

    psychedelic

    Sci-Fi

    Janek Ambros Janek Ambros Director Jessica Jade Andres Jessica Jade Andres as Anna John Bradford John Bradford as John Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan as Self Donald Trump Donald Trump as Self
    Homage to the cult classic “Mondo Hollywood”, a groovy mushrooms dealer and a man from the 5th dimension journey through Hollywood to find the meaning of “Mondo.”
    Atman 1975 POSTER

    Atman

    1975

    Japanese

    6.5

    3

    avant-garde

    experimental

    experimental horror

    Toshio Matsumoto Toshio Matsumoto Director
    ĀTMAN is a visual tour-de-force based on the idea of the subject at the centre of the circle created by camera positions (480 such positions). Shooting frame-by-frame the filmmaker set up an increasingly rapid circular motion. ĀTMAN is an early Buddhist deity often connected with destruction; the Japanese aspect is stressed by the devil mask of Hangan, from the Noh, and by using both Noh music and the general principle of acceleration often associated with Noh drama.
    Songs for Drella 1990 POSTER

    Songs for Drella

    1990

    English

    7.7

    4

    Action

    andy warhol

    art

    avant-garde

    Music

    Edward Lachman Edward Lachman Director Lou Reed Lou Reed as Self John Cale John Cale as Self
    Songs for Drella is a concept album by Lou Reed and John Cale, both formerly of The Velvet Underground, and is dedicated to the memory of Andy Warhol, their mentor, who had died unexpectedly in 1987. Drella was a nickname for Warhol coined by Warhol Superstar Ondine, a contraction of Dracula and Cinderella, used by Warhol's crowd. The song cycle focuses on Warhol's interpersonal relations and experiences, with songs falling roughly into three categories: Warhol's first-person perspective (which makes up the vast majority of the album), third-person narratives chronicling events and affairs, and first-person commentaries on Warhol by Reed and Cale themselves. The songs on the album are, to some extent, in chronological order.
    New Old 1979 POSTER

    New Old

    1979

    French

    6.9

    1

    avant-garde

    Drama

    psychadelics

    Pierre Clémenti Pierre Clémenti Director Viva Viva as Jean-Pierre Mouleyre Jean-Pierre Mouleyre as Amin Reyburn Amin Reyburn as Nadine Hermand Nadine Hermand as
    "Chronicles of the Present Times" - An experimental trilogy. New Old flows together footage from more than a decade of his wandering between scenes, sets, and drugs, an accelerated world tour through various iterations of the counterculture.
    Masking Threshold 2021 POSTER

    Masking Threshold

    2021

    English

    5.6

    9

    100%

    86%

    Action

    avant-garde

    Drama

    Fantasy

    florida

    found footage

    Horror

    insanity

    physics

    tinnitus

    Johannes Grenzfurthner Johannes Grenzfurthner Director Max Grodénchik Max Grodénchik as Officer 2 Johannes Grenzfurthner Johannes Grenzfurthner as Protagonist Ethan Haslam Ethan Haslam as Protagonist Offerus Ablinger Offerus Ablinger as The Ex
    Conducting a series of experiments in his makeshift home-lab, a skeptic IT worker tries to cure his harrowing hearing impairment. But where will his research lead him? "Masking Threshold" combines a chamber play, a scientific procedural, an unpacking video, and a DIY YouTube channel while suggesting endless vistas of existential pain and decay. Glimpse the world of the nameless protagonist in this eldritch tale, which is by no means for the faint of heart.
    The Girl Chewing Gum 1976 POSTER

    The Girl Chewing Gum

    1976

    English

    6.6

    avant-garde

    Comedy

    John Smith John Smith Director
    At Stamford Road in Dalston Junction of east London, the camera follows pedestrians, cars and birds while a narrator, who appears to be the director behind the camera, seems to instruct the objects.
    Emotion 1966 POSTER

    Emotion

    1966

    Japanese

    6.6

    5

    Action

    avant-garde

    coming of age

    Fantasy

    Horror

    short film

    Nobuhiko Ôbayashi Nobuhiko Ôbayashi Director Tamiko Tachikawa Tamiko Tachikawa as Harumi So Harumi So as Donald Richie Donald Richie as Eigo no narêtâ Kyôko Ôbayashi Kyôko Ôbayashi as Narrator
    Experimental short film depicting the life, perhaps real, perhaps a dream, of a young girl named Emi. Emi travels to the city where she encounters her counterpart, Sari, and falls in love with…a vampire?
    The Scenic Route 1978 POSTER

    The Scenic Route

    1978

    English

    6.7

    63%

    Action

    avant-garde

    Drama

    love triangle

    Mark Rappaport Mark Rappaport Director Bill Karnovsky Bill Karnovsky as Judith Sobol Judith Sobol as Marion Greenstone Marion Greenstone as Marilyn Jones Marilyn Jones as Lena
    An experimental drama that spins the tale of a woman, her sister, and the man who completes the triangle. Told through such fertile sources as grand opera, classical painting, and Victorian melodrama.
    The Age of the Earth 1980 POSTER

    The Age of the Earth

    1980

    Portuguese

    6.5

    3

    avant-garde

    bible

    christ allegory

    Drama

    Fantasy

    History

    Musical

    mythology

    Sci-Fi

    third world

    War

    Glauber Rocha Glauber Rocha Director Norma Bengell Norma Bengell as Amazon Queen Maurício do Valle Maurício do Valle as Brahms Danuza Leão Danuza Leão as Brahms' Wife Glauber Rocha Glauber Rocha as Self
    Drawing inspiration from a poem penned by Castro Alves, this film vividly captures the political, cultural, and intellectual climate of Brazil during the late 1970s. At its core, the story revolves around four distinctive embodiments of Christ's image: a black man, a soldier, an Indian, and a guerrilla fighter. These courageous individuals, hailed as the harbingers of doom in the tupiniquim lands, valiantly combat the insatiable avarice and oppressive "civilizing" brutality propagated by the formidable John Brahms—a foreign exploiter devoid of morals.
    The Art of Un-War 2022 POSTER

    The Art of Un-War

    2022

    English

    7.6

    2

    Action

    anti war

    anti-war

    avant-garde

    Biography

    Documentary

    polish artist

    War

    Maria Niro Maria Niro Director Micaela Martegani Micaela Martegani as Self Ewa Harabasz Ewa Harabasz as Self Nelson Lowhim Nelson Lowhim as Self Bozena Czubak Bozena Czubak as Self
    Renowned artist Krzysztof Wodiczko creates powerful responses to the inequities and horrors of war. This in-depth investigation into the artist focuses on the recurring themes of war, trauma, and displacement in his work. An instigator for social change, Wodiczko’s powerful art interventions disrupt the valorization of state-sanctioned aggression.
    Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets 1971 POSTER

    Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

    1971

    Japanese

    7.6

    10

    Action

    art house

    avant-garde

    Drama

    dysfunctional family

    japanese new wave

    Music

    psychedelic

    Shûji Terayama Shûji Terayama Director Chito Kawachi Chito Kawachi as Brother Akihiro Miwa Akihiro Miwa as Maya at the Hell Kazuaki Shimada Kazuaki Shimada as Raging bull Sei Hiraizumi Sei Hiraizumi as Soccer Team Captain
    An experimental, psychedelic odyssey through Japanese subculture experienced via the eyes of a disillusioned young man, who must contend with intense familial dysfunction, psychosexual alienation, and existentialist malaise.
    End of Summer 2014 POSTER

    End of Summer

    2014

    Xx

    6.4

    2

    Action

    avant-garde

    Documentary

    Drama

    Music

    poetic documentary

    Jóhann Jóhannsson Jóhann Jóhannsson Director
    A hypnotic and slow-burning journey through the austere landscapes of the island of South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula. Shot on black and white super 8 film as a series of mostly static tableaux over a period of 20 days during the waning days of the Antarctic Summer, the film is a startling look at life at the edge of the world.
    Pearls of the Deep 1965 POSTER

    Pearls of the Deep

    1965

    Czech

    6.5

    1

    50%

    50%

    anthology

    avant-garde

    bride

    Comedy

    Drama

    fairy tale

    insurance salesman

    railroad

    Vera Chytilová Vera Chytilová Director Jirí Menzel Jirí Menzel as Bicyclist Václav Chochola Václav Chochola as SNB Emil Iserle Emil Iserle as Stryc Antonín Pokorný Antonín Pokorný as Uredník
    A manifesto of sorts for the Czech New Wave, this five-part anthology shows off the breadth of expression and the versatility of the movement’s directors. Based on stories by the legendary writer Bohumil Hrabal, the shorts range from the surreally chilling to the caustically observant to the casually romantic, but all have a cutting, wily view of the world.
    Tales from the Gimli Hospital 1988 POSTER

    Tales from the Gimli Hospital

    1988

    English

    6.6

    78%

    72%

    avant-garde

    Comedy

    Drama

    Fantasy

    Horror

    Thriller

    Guy Maddin Guy Maddin Director Guy Maddin Guy Maddin as Doctor Yvette Nolan Yvette Nolan as Gimli Maiden David James David James as Gimli Manfolk / Patient Brent Neale Brent Neale as Valdimar / Gimli Manfolk
    While their mother is dying in the modern Gimli, Manitoba hospital, two young children are told an important tale by their Icelandic grandmother about Einar the lonely, his friend Gunnar, and the angelic Snjofrieder in a Gimli of old.
    Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray 2023 POSTER

    Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray

    2023

    English

    6.9

    avant-garde

    dadaism

    experimental cinema

    Music

    Romance

    short compilation

    silent film

    surrealism

    Man Ray Man Ray Director Jacques Rigaut Jacques Rigaut as Robert Desnos Robert Desnos as Un autre homme Kiki of Montparnasse Kiki of Montparnasse as Une femme André de la Rivière André de la Rivière as Un homme
    An immersion into the surreal and dreamlike world of painter, photographer and filmmaker Man Ray (1890-1976), one of the most prolific American visual artists, through four of his short films, brought to life by the atmospheric music of SQÜRL.
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