Narrative

A film by João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata
A wonderfully mysterious, shape-shifting feature from celebrated filmmakers João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata, THE LAST TIME I SAW MACAO is a detective tale that blends film noir, documentary footage and personal travelogue to intoxicating effect.

A film by Matías Piñeiro
A young woman joins a Shakespeare theater company in Buenos Aires and becomes entangled in a seductive roundelay of romantic dalliances, intrigue and revelation in this delightful mystery from filmmaker Matias Piniero - named one of "20 Directors to Watch" by The New York Times.

A film by Jem Cohen
An ode to friendship and the power of art to mirror and alter our lives, Jem Cohen's exquisite, critically-acclaimed Museum Hours is a tale of two adrift strangers who find refuge in Vienna's grand Kunsthistorisches Art Museum. The DVD includes 3 rare short films by Cohen, plus a 24-page booklet featuring an essay by noted writer Luc Sante.

A film by Terence Nance
Executive produced by Jay-Z, dream hampton and Wyatt Cenac, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty is an explosively creative debut by Terence Nance - utilizing a tapestry of live action and animation, the story of a relationship between a young man and a lovely young woman as it teeters on the divide between platonic and romantic.

A film by Dan Sallitt
An acclaimed, darkly funny film about a young girl’s unusual coming of age, Dan Sallitt's breakthrough feature, The Unspeakable Act, has rightly been compared to the best of Rohmer and Pialat. The DVD includes Sallitt's previous film, another exploration of a complex sibling relationship, All the Ships at Sea.

A film by Raul Ruiz
A playfully elegiac film from the great Raul Ruiz, conceived to be seen only after his death, Night Across the Street is a stunning final masterwork, a story about an elderly office worker who begins to relive both real and imagined memories from his life.

A film by Ben Rivers
One of the most innovative and exciting filmmakers working today, Ben Rivers combines starkly beautiful black-and-white film, a lush soundscape, and moments of blissful magic realism to capture the solitary existence of Jake, a man who lives in isolation in the middle of a remote forest. The DVD includes two acclaimed short works by Rivers, This Is My Land, the basis for this film, and I Know Where I'm Going.