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Frank Film by Frank and Caroline Mouris
Part of our ongoing Film Portal series, Chris Houkal brings us Frank and Caroline Mouris’s Frank Film, an experimental short film comprised of continuously morphing image collages and dual narrations....
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La Chambre by Chantal Akerman
Part of our ongoing Film Portal series, Chris Houkal brings us one of Chantal Akerman’s earliest short films, La Chambre, in which she meditates on a room, some furniture, a few apples, and a bedridden...
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The Atomic Cafe by Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty, Pierce Rafferty
Part of our ongoing Film Portal series, Chris Houkal brings us the documentary The Atomic Café (1982) directed by Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty, and Pierce Rafferty. Using original newsreel footage,...
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The Society of the Spectacle by Guy Debord
Part of our ongoing Film Portal series, Chris Houkal brings us Guy Debord’s film essay The Society of the Spectacle (1973). Debord employs ironic (or détourned) film clips, image choices and quotations...
View ArticleThe Color Red Bleeds Blue by Kerry Laitala
Part of our ongoing Film Portal series, Gina Marie Ezzone brings us Kerry Laitala’s psychedelic film, The Color Red Bleeds Blue. Description Experimental filmmaker Kerry Laitala explores the properties...
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COSMIC RAY by Bruce Conner
Part of our ongoing Film Portal series, Chris Houkal brings us Bruce Conner’s short film COSMIC RAY (1961). An exciting, devastating homage to sex and war put to a Ray Charles song, COSMIC RAY just...
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Zero Gravity by Jakrawal Nilthamrong
Part of our ongoing Film Portal series, Chris Houkal brings us Jakrawal Nilthamrong’s short film Zero Gravity (2012). A meditation on trauma and history, this masterpiece from Thailand defies easy...
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Man with Mirror by Guy Sherwin
Part of our ongoing Film Portal series, Anna Siemienkiewicz brings us Guy Sherwin’s short film Man with Mirror (1976/2011).This experimental, visually striking art piece confuses our senses and evokes...
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Franek by Bartek Tryzna
Part of our ongoing Film Portal series, Anna Siemienkiewicz brings us Bartek Tryzna’s short film Franek (2013), a visually striking short film that explores the effects of WWII on two Polish boys....
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Film Portal: Report From L.A. by Tom Bowes and David Byrne
Part of our ongoing Film Portal series, Mike LeSuer brings us Report From L.A., a recap of the year 1985 in film with the inimitable David Byrne. Description: As yet another documentation of New York...
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Film Portal: All the Boys are Named Patrick by Jean-Luc Godard
Part of our ongoing Film Portal series, Sean Duffy takes a look at an early short film by Jean-Luc Godard, All the Boys are Named Patrick, and its critique of American cinema and culture. Description:...
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Film Portal: Nocturne by Peggy Ahwesh
Part of our ongoing Film Portal series, Janelle Domek brings us Peggy Ahwesh’s psychological horror short Nocturne (1998), a film that redefines gender roles in horror while investigating the nature...
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Film Portal: World of Tomorrow
Contributor Sean Duffy gives a brief introduction to one of 2015’s most wonderful short films: Don Hertzfeldt’s animated World of Tomorrow. While visiting my family this past week, I spent an afternoon...
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