Oil's Well That Ends Well

Deliriously Jen

Invalid date •English

Exuberant and oblivious Jen, out on her own for the first time, moves into an apartment complex full of twisted characters. In gleeful pursuit of her identity, Jen tries on other people's lifestyles, crossing every line of appropriate behavior and making a mockery of all she embraces. She gloms onto her gay neighbor Ken and his community, joyfully declaring herself a "hag fag!"

Knights of the Bath

April 1951 •English

Short film cobbled from the Abbott & Costello feature In Society for the home movie market.

Goldfish

August 2007 •English

Two third graders embark on a mission to save their classes goldfish.

Lea and the Bobbin

November 1913 •Italian

Bess is busy reading a book when her folks come in and command her to spend more time at work. They give her a ball of yarn, a crochet needle and set her to work. She is left alone and while moving around in her chair she loses track of the ball of yarn. It happens to have been caught in her belt at her back and out of her own view. Being a girl of quick temper and strong in athletics, the home is in so much of a turmoil when her parents return that Bess has not been subjected to work since. (Moving Picture World)

A Lady and Her Maid

May 1913 •English

The photographer sends miss Ophelia a dozen photographs of her in different poses. Selecting the best one, she presents it to her favorite boarder, Billy, who does not think much of it and who gets very indignant when it is compared with the photo of his sweetheart. Miss Ophelia goes up to her room in tears and tells her faithful maid, Belinda, that her heart is broken. Belinda goes down and forcibly tells Billy what she thinks of him. Miss Ophelia resolves on suicide, because no one seems to love her. Belinda gets back in time to prevent this and, to divert her mistress, she suggests that they go together to a beauty specialist. Arriving there, both receive attention. Miss Ophelia gets a new complexion, while Belinda gets new teeth. Both invest in new gowns and dresses and the transformation is complete. At supper time, the boarders are all astounded.

The Miracle Water

February 1914 •Italian

In this sophisticated romantic comedy, healing waters are the cover for an extramarital affair that “cures” the infertility problems of a childless couple.

The Burning Towel or A Household Quarrel

August 1911 •French

A couple’s fight over dinner leads to spiralling domestic abuse that spreads all over town. (MoMA)

For Elsie

April 2012 •English

Glenn is a disillusioned piano teacher, who once aspired to be a concert pianist. He is moving back to his parents house and is on the brink of giving up the piano for good when Kilov, a Russian gangster, offers him a unique opportunity: £10,000 if Glenn teaches his daughter Beethoven's "Fur Elise"... in a day.

But Milk Is Important

September 2012 •English

A man with social anxiety gets followed by a naive and clumsy creature. Terrified the man tries to escape, unaware that the creature is actually a helper with slightly unconventional methods.

Dance Frenzy

January 1917 •Danish

FRAGMENT | Tønne secretly visits a posh lady for dance lessons, which his wife mistakes for infidelity. All attempts to convince his missus that the visits are just about dancing seem to fall on deaf ears. Perhaps not too strange, as it turns out that Tønne has learnt almost nothing from his lessons. (Stumfilm.dk)

Meu amigo que trabalhou com Manoel de Oliveira, que fez 100 anos

July 2012 •Portuguese

The Blanket

August 2020 •English

Shot and crewed by Riley Stearns while in quarantine, and described as "an exercise in trusting instincts and embracing limitations."

The Bailiffs

September 1932 •English

Two incompetent Bailiffs men reposess the wrong house.

Zach and Matt Walk to School

January 2024 •English

Zach and Matt Walk to School is a rough pilot for a potential series on YouTube. It’s an illustrated comedy using real paper and pencil drawings to emulate the style of stick figure comics. Zach and Matt are best friends. On their walk to school they start getting into a small disagreement. Due to a series of misunderstandings, word quickly spreads amongst the entire school that Zach and Matt are on the verge of a one-on-one showdown. Now, they both need to figure out how they're going to avoid the impending fight.

Play Schengen

August 2020 •Norwegian

A gaming company is creating a videogame for kids about the European Union. You play a national bird needing to breed and nest across borders, but you can only fly as allowed by your visa rights. We follow two game designers as they transform the European Union into pixel graphics in an effort to make Schengen catchy. The question they face: is it possible?

52

April 2011 •English

A gay man's nightmare about aging. Constantly dancing between reality and fantasy, this fever dream has the punch of a heart attack and the heart of a punch.

An Eviction Notice

February 1995 •English

A darkly comedic look at a couple who must defuse a bomb in their apartment.

Crow

November 2021 •Georgian

Injured and starving, Crow falls in the yard of the Church. He tries to get food in the Church, but believers kick the devil's bird out of God's house. The crow ends up on the shoulder of the scarecrow, but after the storm, the scarecrow is stripped from its clothes and believers discover the holy cross instead of it, and now the poor bird is kicked out from his new safe place as well...

13 piętro

January 1966 •Polish

A young man gets stuck in an elevator just as it passes the 13th floor.

Cutlass

October 2007 •English

When Robin's daughter Lacy wants to buy an expensive guitar, Robin reminisces about the days when she was a teenager, asking her dad for her first car, an Olds Cutlass Supreme.