Reading Society (2020)

THE WHOLE SHEBANG

Black and white evokes nostalgia for The Great Depression. Things were so cheap, including lives. We see daredevils (desperate people) compete for money prizes. Baby prepares for WW2. [Originally a 70mm projection-performance, 1982, by Ken and Flo Jacobs. From THRILLS AND CHILLS (Castle Films, c. 1930)].

RECIPROCAL

First two-cycle Eternalism. Interesting for the contrast of movements and depth configurations but also in indicating an end to the display and releasing the viewer, but with the option of repeating.

CRUSH

An Eternalism film.

PAINTED POSTER

An Eternalism film.

DR. TOOTHY

An Eternalism film.

Street Commerce

An Eternalism film.

Resting Merchant

An Eternalism film.

Neon Sign

An Eternalism film.

Flowers and Bike

An Eternalism film.

Broadway Buildings II

An Eternalism film.

Period Piece

An Eternalism film.

Rain Clouds

An Eternalism film.

Sleeping American

An Eternalism film.

DeKooning Passed

An Eternalism film.

Facade with Face

An Eternalism film.

Natural Collage

An Eternalism film.

Roots of Manhattan

An Eternalism film.

Duck

An Eternalism film.

Chinese New Years II

An Eternalism film.

Bison

An Eternalism film.

Friendly Building

An Eternalism film.

Spaceworks

An Eternalism film.

Whirlpool

An Eternalism film.

Halley’s Comet

An Eternalism film.

Storefront

An Eternalism film.

Spiky

An Eternalism film.

PAPPY SEES 3D, TOO

An Eternalism film.

MOVING ROAD

An Eternalism film.

Broadway Buildings III

An Eternalism film.

Municipal Building Passage

An Eternalism film.

Transparent Apartments

An Eternalism film.

Water Balloon

An Eternalism film.

Chinese New Years

An Eternalism film.

Bargains

An Eternalism film.

Barber

An Eternalism film.

Ken and Flo

An Eternalism film.

Another Day in Days of Yore

An Eternalism film.

Waiting Room Window

An Eternalism film.

Lazy City

An Eternalism film.

Red Green

An Eternalism film.

City Foliage

An Eternalism film.

Doyer Street

An Eternalism film.

Working Girls (short)

An Eternalism film.

Hubble II

An Eternalism film.

Foliage in Moving Car Window

An Eternalism film.

Garage Wall

An Eternalism film.

Fire Escape

An Eternalism film.

Street Commerce II

An Eternalism film.

At the Edge of the Earth

On 17 May 1931, the young director Mário Peixoto released his masterpiece "Limite" in a premiere in Capitólio Theater in Rio de Janeiro to astonished audiences bewildered by the impressive and poetic images. Considered by many viewers the best Brazilian movie ever made, this feature has never been released commercially. However, in a great paradox, Mário Peixoto has never made any other movie. The director Sérgio Machado pays a great tribute to the life and work Mário Peixoto a.k.a. Maçarico by his close friends with this documentary, using his diary; footages of "Limite", the never concluded "Onde a Terra Acaba" (1933) and the short "O Homem do Morcego" (1980); and interesting testimonies of Olga Breno, Ruy Solberg, Nelson Pereira dos Santos and Walter Salles among others.

Born Again Virgin Christmas Special

Robot Chicken takes down Christmas once again! Our writers reveal the origins of the Heat Miser and Cold Miser. Witness Ebenezer Scrooge learn the true TRUE meaning of Christmas. Learn the perils of getting a job at the North Pole. Discover how Santa Claus ruined World War One's greatest day!

Stranger Than Rotterdam with Sara Driver

In 1982, the completion of Jim Jarmusch's sophomore film, Stranger Than Paradise, hinged on producer Sara Driver’s willingness and ability to smuggle one of the world’s rarest and most controversial films across the Atlantic Ocean.

Chilly and Milly

Exploring the director’s father’s chronic health problems, as a diabetic with kidney failure, and his mother’s role as his eternal caretaker, Chilly and Milly is a combination of 3D-modeled/composited characters, with cinéma vérité scenes from an autobiographical documentary shot over 13 years ago.

Goodbye Jerome!

Having just arrived in paradise, Jerome sets out to find his wife Maryline. In the course of his search, he sinks into a surreal and colorful world in which no one seems to be able to help him.