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THE FILMS OF LUC MOULLET2025 Art History Cinema Studies Europe Media Studies Performing Arts
Presenting seven restord features of French New Wave director Luc Moullet. While little known in the US, Luc Moullet has endured as a ?modest master? of French cinema since the late 1950s, admired by fellow filmmakers like Jean-Luc Godard and Jacques Rivette.
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UP AND DOWN2025 Art History Cinema Studies Europe
A loving, slapstick sendup of the French passion for cycling that doubles as an ode to 19th century French symbolist poet Alfred Jarry from director Luc Moullet.
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THE COMEDY OF WORK2025 Art History Cinema Studies Europe Performing Arts
French new wave director Luc Moullet 's film is actually a comedy of unemployment, which is defined as possibly the worst, or maybe the best, thing that ever happened to this film's group of protagonists.
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ORIGINS OF A MEAL2025 Art History Environmental Studies Gastronomy
Luc Moullet begins this film with a simple (if unorthodox) meal of a banana, tuna fish and a plain omelet then traces the path that each ingredient took to arrive at his plate.
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ANATOMY OF A RELATIONSHIP2025 Art History Cinema Studies Family Relations Human Sexuality Performing Arts
From French New Wave dorector Luc Moullet an co-directed with Antonietta Pizzorno, this "sex film" is a clinical exploration of a couple working through a series of problems (intimate and otherwise) which have arisen in their relationship.
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A GIRL IS A GUN2025 Art History Cinema Studies Europe Narrative Films Performing Arts
Jean-Pierre Leaud and Rachel Kesterber star in the greatest French Western ever made. Swinging wildly between a slapstick insanity and a delirious experimentation, Moullet tackles favorite themes-time, landscape, exhaustion-with relish.
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THE SMUGGLERS2025 Art History Cinema Studies Europe Narrative Films
The Smugglers is a defiantly amateurish non-adventure adventure film concerning three people off in the wilds with no skills whatsoever. Presented in a new 4k restoration from director Luc Moullet.
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COMEDIENNE2025 Art History Cinema Studies Cultural Studies Directed by Women Family Relations Media Studies Women's Studies
A vérité style documentary about two women trying to make it as stand-up comics in New York City. Filmmaker Katherine Matheson followed comics Cheryl Klein and Zora Rasmussen over a four year period as they hustled through clubs, improv spots and late night interviews. Newly restored in 2025.
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RECOLLECTIONS OF THE YELLOW HOUSE2025 Art History Cinema Studies Europe Narrative Films Performing Arts
Subtitled "A Portuguese Comedy" and deliberately evoking the popular spectacles of yore, the film is both a sensuous and slow-burn circus act and a jewel of ingenious formal ideas and sublime lyricism. Considered by many to be Monteiro's crowning achievement, the film inaugurated a series of late-period romps featuring the endearing and dastardly João de Deus, the man you love to hate.
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UMBERTO ECO: a library of the world2023 Aging / Gerontology Art History Cinema Studies Europe Literature World History
A documentary immersion into all things Umberto Eco, Davide Ferrario’s film takes us on a tour of Eco’s private library, guided by the author himself. Combining new footage with material he shot with Eco in 2015
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I AM A TOWN2023 American Studies Anthropology Art History Cinema Studies Family Relations Photography
The community of Provincetown, which has been clinging to a distinctly American - and yet increasingly rare - way of life. In his immersive documentary debut, Mischa Richter, whose artist family has been living there for nearly a century, explores his home through shared moments and conversations with locals, pilgrims, outcasts, fishermen, drag queens and spirit guides in an exploration of what freedom and community mean in America today.
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MISS ALMA THOMAS: a life in color2022 American Studies American History Art History African-American Studies Education Short Films Directed by Women Women's Studies Alma W. Thomas, a Black woman painter, broke color barriers on and off the canvas, yet did not receive national attention until she was 80 years old. “Miss Alma Thomas” is the first documentary film that explores Thomas’ incredible life through the lens of curators, art specialists, scholars, and her family. |
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CASTING FAITH: A Portrait of Gillian Jagger2012 Art History Directed by Women Women's Studies
This film explores Gillian Jagger's work, the relationship of that work to her life, and the role of art in society.
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PENNY SLINGER: OUT OF THE SHADOWS2019 Art History Cinema Studies Human Sexuality Women's Studies
Penny Slinger: Out of the Shadows is the untold story of the British artist Penny Slinger and the events that led to the creation of her masterpiece, the 1977 photo-romance, An Exorcism.
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CHINESE PORTRAIT2019 Anthropology Asian Studies Art History Cinema Studies Photography Urban Studies
From acclaimed director Wang Xiaoshuai (Beijing Bicycle; So Long, My Son) comes a personal snapshot of contemporary China in all its diversity. Shot over the course of ten years on both film and video, the film consists of a series of carefully composed tableaus of people and environments, each one more extraordinary than the last.
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I'VE GOT A LITTLE PROBLEM2018 Art History Cultural Studies LGBTQ Asian Studies Cinema Studies Short Films Human Sexuality
I’ve Got a Little Problem chronicles internationally renowned photographer and poet Ren Hang’s struggle with Chinese censorship, painful public scrutiny, and manic depression, that eventually sent his life spiraling out of control.
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HOW TO RUST2018 African-American Studies Art History Cinema Studies Sensory Ethnography Lab Anthropology Directed by Women
From the Sensory Ethnography Lab at Harvard University comes a postindustrial fable told in iron, rocks, and wood. A unique look at Detroit artist Olayami Dabls’ installation “Iron Teaching Rocks How to Rust”
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BRILLO BOX (3¢ OFF)Family Relations Art History American Studies Media Studies New York City Directed by Women Economics 2017
Brillo Box (3¢ off) follows a beloved Andy Warhol Brillo Box sculpture as it makes its way from a family's living room to a record-breaking Christie's auction, blending a humourous family narrative with Pop Art history, and exploring how we navigate the ephemeral nature of art and value.
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ALMOST THEREKartemquin Films Art History Aging / Gerontology Psychology & Psychiatry Disabilities Cinema Studies Media Studies Family Relations Criminal & Law Health American Studies Photography Human Sexuality 2017
Humorous and candid, Kartemquin Films' documentary Almost There is a fascinating portrait of eccentric "outsider" artist Peter Anton. Living in a home that has been consumed by mold and filth, the octogenarian has produced a startling collection of unseen paintings, drawings, and notebooks. The film’s remarkable journey follows this witty and gifted artist through startling twists and turns.
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HANDMADE WITH LOVE IN FRANCE2016 Art History Cultural Studies Europe Business Directed by Women
An elegantly crafted peek into the secret world of the master craftsmen behind the dazzling designs of Dior, Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent. A touching reflection on the disappearance of crafts, Handmade with Love in France examines the challenges these ateliers face as couture and luxury evolves, the pace of fashion and its impact on handcraft, and the continuing rise of technology and succession.
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