Directed by Liu Jiayin • 2009 • China
Starring Liu Jiayin, Jia Huifen, Liu Zaiping
Breaking new ground in cinematic art, Liu Jiayin’s follow-up to her masterful debut OXHIDE turns a simple dinner into a profoundly intimate study of family relationships. Once again, the writer-director casts herself and her parents in a scripted version of their life in a tiny Beijing apartment. Liu takes her uncompromising artistry to the extreme, setting all of the action around the family dinner table, which doubles as her father’s leather-making station. As the workbench is cleared for the family to make a dinner of dumplings, the camera catches every meticulous detail in real time. Small moments between family members reveal deep insights into the mysteries of family relations and the art of everyday living.
Directed by Ken Jacobs • 2010 • United States
Ken Jacobs applies his exacting digital techniques—including his signature stroboscopic effects—to footage of the New York City loft where he lives and works. The result is a deconstruction of his most personal physical space and an intensification o...
Directed by Jafar Panahi • 2011 • Iran
Starring Jafar Panahi
The first work fearless auteur Jafar Panahi made after being officially banned from filmmaking by the Iranian government, this clandestine documentary—shot partially on an iPhone and smuggled into France in a cake for a last-minute sub...
Directed by John Magary • 2014 • United States
Starring Josh Lucas, Stephen Plunkett, Lucy Owen
The wonderfully strange and acidic debut comedy from writer-director John Magary will resonate with anyone who’s ever loathed and loved a sibling in equal measure. Unfolding as three stylistically dis...
