Summer 2021
by dingleopper | created - 06 May 2021 | updated - 6 months ago | PublicFirst views from da season: June 20 - September 22
Top 5 Features:
1.Portrait of a Lady on Fire
2.Project Grizzly
3.Minari
4.Inside
5.Porco Rosso
Top 5 Shorts:
1.The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes
2.I... Dreaming
3.Double King
4.Two Cars, One Night
5.Free Fall
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1. Age of the Buffalo (1964)
14 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary of how the buffalo was hunted by both whites and Indigenous peoples in the 19th century.
Director: Austin Campbell
June
2. Augusta (1976)
17 min | Documentary, Short
A portrait of an elder woman who lived her entire life in rural British Columbia.
Director: Anne Wheeler
Votes: 15
3. Project Grizzly (1996)
72 min | Documentary
A documentary follows a Canadian fellow working on his dream: building a suit of armor so he can observe grizzly bears from a close distance.
Director: Peter Lynch | Stars: Troy Hurtubise, Peter Gzowski
Votes: 665
4. Carried Away (1987)
6 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
A phantasmagoria of colors and shapes.
Directors: Vonnie von Helmolt, Alan Pakarnyk | Star: Harvey Atkin
Votes: 25
5. Caninabis (1979)
10 min | Animation, Short
A dog gets high by smelling car fumes.
Director: Kaj Pindal | Stars: Patrice Arbour, Bernard Carez
Votes: 19
6. Cruella (2021)
PG-13 | 134 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A live-action prequel feature film following a young Cruella de Vil.
Director: Craig Gillespie | Stars: Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser
Votes: 265,992 | Gross: $86.10M
July
7. Puparia (2020)
3 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
Something is about to change drastically. We can only be witnesses to it.
Director: Shingo Tamagawa
Votes: 1,213
8. Night Mayor (2009)
14 min | Short, Drama
Winnipeg, 1939: Bosnian immigrant Nihad Ademi conceives of a way to harness the power of the Aurora Borealis in order to broadcast imagery of his vast and beloved adopted land from coast to coast to coast.
Director: Guy Maddin | Stars: Nihad Ademi, Mike Bell, Timna Ben Ari, Darcy Fehr
Votes: 241
9. Double King (2017)
16+ | 10 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A king steals crowns from various other rulers.
Director: Felix Colgrave
Votes: 1,066
10. Minari (2020)
PG-13 | 115 min | Drama
A Korean American family moves to an Arkansas farm in search of its own American dream. Amidst the challenges of new life in the strange and rugged Ozarks, they discover the undeniable resilience of family and what really makes a home.
Director: Lee Isaac Chung | Stars: Steven Yeun, Han Yeri, Alan Kim, Noel Cho
Votes: 97,177
11. Fluxes (1968)
24 min | Short
This experimental short conveys avant-garde filmmaker Arthur Lipsett's view of the human condition and the chaotic planet on which we live.
Director: Arthur Lipsett
Votes: 57
12. The Elephant's Garden (2013)
5 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
A day in the life of the creatures living in the Elephant's Garden.
Director: Felix Colgrave
Votes: 178
13. Ocean Waves (1993 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 76 min | Animation, Drama, Romance
As a young man returns home after his first year away at college he recalls his senior year of high school and the iron-willed, big city girl that turned his world upside down.
Director: Tomomi Mochizuki | Stars: Nobuo Tobita, Toshihiko Seki, Yoko Sakamoto, Yuri Amano
Votes: 20,436
14. Throat Notes (2020)
8 min | Animation, Short
A little story about the backyard critters you might see in Tasmania, and the things they might be doing.
Director: Felix Colgrave | Star: Baby Colgrave
Votes: 137
15. Nuggets (2014)
5 min | Animation, Short
A short animation showing the impact of addiction on someone's life.
Director: Andreas Hykade
Votes: 326
16. Les journaux de Lipsett (2010)
14 min | Animation, Short
A descent into the maelstrom of anguish that tormented Arthur Lipsett, a famed Canadian experimental filmmaker who died at 49.
Director: Theodore Ushev | Stars: Xavier Dolan, Samuel Jacques, Jarvis Robinson Neall
Votes: 332
17. Les raquetteurs (1958)
15 min | Short, Documentary
Footage of a snowshoe festival in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Depictions of culture in the early years including snowshoe races, and musical attractions.
Directors: Michel Brault, Gilles Groulx
Votes: 394
18. Two Cars, One Night (2003)
12 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Sometimes first love is found in the most unlikely of places, like in the carpark outside the Te Kaha pub.
Director: Taika Waititi | Stars: Rangi Ngamoki, Hutini Waikato, Te Ahiwaru Ngamoki-Richards, Riwai Waka
Votes: 2,899
19. Eating Out: Drama Camp (2011)
Not Rated | 91 min | Comedy
Temptations at a drama camp threaten a gay relationship that may already be cooling.
Director: Q. Allan Brocka | Stars: Chris Salvatore, Daniel Skelton, Aaron Milo, Lilach Mendelovich
Votes: 2,574
20. Eating Out: The Open Weekend (2011)
Not Rated | 82 min | Comedy
Zack is gaycationing in Palm Springs with new BF Benji who, to Zack's dismay, wants to try an open relationship. Adding confusion is Casey, Zack's ex, with Peter, his fake BF, plus Casey's fruity friend, Penny, and Zack's friend Lilly.
Director: Q. Allan Brocka | Stars: Aaron Milo, Chris Puckett, Chris Salvatore, Harmony Santana
Votes: 2,515
21. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
R | 122 min | Drama, Romance
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
Director: Céline Sciamma | Stars: Noémie Merlant, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami, Valeria Golino
Votes: 109,736 | Gross: $3.76M
22. A Little Phantasy on a Nineteenth Century Painting (1946)
4 min | Animation, Short
Short Black and White animated film. Arnold Böcklin painting, Isle of the Dead is used as the backdrop for the entire film.
Director: Norman McLaren
Votes: 147
23. The Act of Seeing with One's Own Eyes (1971)
Not Rated | 32 min | Documentary, Short, Horror
At a morgue, forensic pathologists conduct autopsies of the corpses assigned.
Director: Stan Brakhage
Votes: 1,665
24. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
PG | 117 min | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Sumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura, Hisako Kyôda, Gorô Naya
Votes: 182,665 | Gross: $0.50M
25. Evan Straw (2010 Video)
PG-13 | 90 min | Horror
When her husband is killed in an auto accident, Alice Marsh moves far from home to start a new life. She falls in love with an old house in Massachusetts which she buys. Built in the 1700's... See full summary »
Director: Michael Legge | Stars: Danielle Gelehrter, Magoo Gelehrter, Christine Grudinskas, Dwight Kemper
Votes: 72
26. Bo Burnham: Inside (2021 TV Special)
TV-MA | 87 min | Documentary, Comedy, Drama
A musical comedy special shot and performed by Bo Burnham, alone, over the course of a very unusual year.
Director: Bo Burnham | Star: Bo Burnham
Votes: 54,489
27. A Quiet Place Part II (2020)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats lurking beyond the sand path.
Director: John Krasinski | Stars: Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Cillian Murphy, John Krasinski
Votes: 273,210 | Gross: $160.07M
August
28. La cravate (1957)
20 min | Short, Comedy
A short mime adaptation of a Thomas Mann story about a Parisian urchin who makes her living selling human heads.
Directors: Saul Gilbert, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Ruth Michelly | Stars: Denise Brossot, Rolande Polya, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Saul Gilbert
Votes: 1,998
29. Comingled Containers (1997)
5 min | Short
An experimental short film by Stan Brakhage focusing on flashing light and photographic images.
Director: Stan Brakhage
Votes: 864
30. Free Fall (1964)
Not Rated | 10 min | Short
An experimental film from Arthur Lipsett, FREE FALL is an assortment of film trimmings assembled to make a wry comment on humankind in today's world. It evokes a surrealist dream of our fall from grace into banality.
Director: Arthur Lipsett
Votes: 205
31. Lillith (2019)
93 min | Comedy, Horror
After catching her long-term boyfriend cheating, Jenna turns toward elements she doesn't fully understand to get revenge. Said vengeance comes in the form of a succubus named Lillith, who embarks on a bloodthirsty, sex-fueled rampage.
Director: Lee Esposito | Stars: Langston Fishburne, Casey Waller, Savannah Whitten, Taylor Turner
Votes: 299
32. The Dante Quartet (1987)
6 min | Animation, Short
Dante's Divine Comedy depicted as thousands of abstract paintings by Stan Brakhage himself.
Director: Stan Brakhage
Votes: 1,201
33. Ghost (1984)
5 min | Short, Horror
Haunting light and haunted spaces, otherworldly movement and abstracted time. A ghost visits an apartment complex.
Director: Takashi Itô | Star: Bin Shimada
Votes: 607
34. Stellar (1993)
G | 3 min | Short
Stan Brakhage's artistic view of the cosmos.
Director: Stan Brakhage
Votes: 944
35. Pom Poko (1994)
PG | 119 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
A community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development.
Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Shinchô Kokontei, Makoto Nonomura, Yuriko Ishida, Norihei Miki
Votes: 34,630
36. Window Water Baby Moving (1959)
13 min | Documentary, Short
Stan Brakhage films the birth of his first child, Myrrena.
Director: Stan Brakhage | Stars: Stan Brakhage, Myrrena Schwegmann, Jane Wodening
Votes: 2,460
37. Venus Guy Trap (2011 Video)
Short, Music
Things get funky for a strike team of sexy female aliens when they come to Earth in search for "male seeds."
Directors: Zak Baney, Minha Kim | Stars: Poon Yu Khut, Anthony Spruill, Xiaofei Wang
Votes: 19
38. Children of Alcohol (1984)
18 min | Short, Documentary
Children of alcoholic parents meet for a discussion about the problems caused by the drinking.
Director: Gil Cardinal | Star: Kris Purdy
Votes: 11
September
39. Mothlight (1963)
4 min | Short
A "found foliage" film composed of insects, leaves, and other detritus sandwiched between two strips of perforated tape.
Director: Stan Brakhage
Votes: 2,860
40. Burial Path (1978)
7 min | Short
An experimental film by Stan Brakhage which captures various footage of trees, birds, and the burial of one bird.
Director: Stan Brakhage
Votes: 308
41. Porco Rosso (1992)
PG | 94 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
In 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig.
Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Shûichirô Moriyama, Tokiko Katô, Bunshi Katsura VI, Tsunehiko Kamijô
Votes: 102,235
42. I... Dreaming (1988)
8 min | Short, Biography
Phrases of Stephen Foster, set to music by Joel Heartling, are set to film in this autobiographical piece: a solitary female voice, occasionally joined by a chorus, sings phrases of sorrow ... See full summary »
Director: Stan Brakhage | Stars: Bearthm Brakhage, Neowyn Brakhage, Rarc Brakhage, Stan Brakhage
Votes: 663
43. Deadly Crush (2018)
85 min | Horror, Romance
When a painter rents a secluded cabin to jump start her creativity, she has sex with a ghost and finds herself part of his plan to bring itself back to life.
Director: Dakota Aesquivel | Stars: William Sadler, Courtney Gains, James William O'Halloran, Jenna Willis
Votes: 428
44. The Wonder Ring (1955)
6 min | Short
A short film by Stan Brakhage in which New York City's Third Avenue elevated train is filmed before its destruction.
Directors: Stan Brakhage, Joseph Cornell
Votes: 713
45. Thunder (1982)
5 min | Short
A woman's face disappearing behind, and emerging from, a pair of hands. Flashing lights. An empty building full of dark hallways.
Director: Takashi Itô | Star: Seiko Nakano
Votes: 582
46. Wedlock House: An Intercourse (1959)
11 min | Short, Romance
We see a film negative of a nude couple embracing in bed. Then, back in regular black and white images, we see them alone and together, clothed, at home. It's night, she sees his reflection... See full summary »
Director: Stan Brakhage | Stars: Stan Brakhage, Jane Wodening
Votes: 799
47. A Girl, She Is 100% (1983)
11 min | Short, Romance
A guy passes by on the street a girl who is "a pure 100% all him".
Director: Naoto Yamakawa | Stars: Kassei Kumamoto, Shigeru Muroi, Kazunao Sakaguchi
Votes: 117
48. The Way to Shadow Garden (2020)
10 min | Short
This way madness - or experimental filmmaking - lies. A solitary man in coat and tie enters an apartment that may be a converted garage. It's midnight. He appears agitated and distraught. ... See full summary »
Director: Stan Brakhage | Star: Walter Newcomb
Votes: 230
49. Desistfilm (1954)
7 min | Short, Romance
Four young men and a young woman sit in boredom. She smokes while one strums a lute, one looks at a magazine, and two fiddle with string. The door opens and in comes a young man, cigarette ... See full summary »
Director: Stan Brakhage | Stars: A. Austin, Robert Benson, Yvonne Fair, Larry Jordan
Votes: 992
50. Cat's Cradle (1959)
6 min | Short
Images of two women, two men, and a gray cat form a montage of rapid bits of movement. A woman is in a bedroom, another wears an apron: they work with their hands, occasionally looking up. ... See full summary »
Director: Stan Brakhage | Stars: Stan Brakhage, Jane Wodening
Votes: 986
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