Eyes of Hitchcock

When characters stare at the camera in the films of Alfred Hitchcock, the look is almost always associated with the threat of death (through the eyes of a victim, a murderer, a witness). This momentary suspension between death and life is partly what makes Hitchcock the indisputable master of suspense.

2014-09-26 | en

Ozu: Passageways

People constantly appear walking through passageways in the films of Japanese filmmaker Yasujirō Ozu (1903-63). His art resides in the in-between spaces of modern life, in the transitory: alleys are no longer dark and threatening traps where suspense is born, but simple places of passage.

2012-12-19 | en

Wes Anderson: From Above

A visual essay that highlights top-down shots from Wes Anderson's filmography.

2017-06-30 | en

P.T. Anderson: Close-Ups

In Paul Thomas Anderson's lens, close-ups reveal emotions, unfold secrets, and storytelling power resides in subtle expressions.

2014-10-02 | en

Scorsese: The Mirrors

Scorsese Mirrors reflect emotions, revealing truths. A cinematic journey through the power of glass.

2015-06-04 | en

Mirrors of Bergman

Filmmaker Kogonada reflects on women and mirrors in the films of Ingmar Bergman.

2015-02-12 | en

The Television

On the seventh day, the TV showed the young man somewhere at another time, but he did not notice. On the sixth day, the man just found himself on TV.

2015-06-23 | en

Telephones

Cleverly conceived and artfully edited, Christian Marclay's 7 1/2-minute video, Telephones, comprises a succession of brief film clips that creates a humorous narrative of its own in which the characters, in progression, dial, hear the phone ring, pick it up, converse, react, say goodbye and hang up. In doing so, they express a multitude of emotions--surprise, desire, anger, disbelief, excitement, boredom--ultimately leaving the impression that they are all part of one big conversation.

1995-03-15 | en

Someday

The fragility of Earth's future, the uncertainty of life are among the core concepts director Páraic McGloughlin explores in this video for Kompakt duo Weval.

2019-05-07 | en

19 minutes, 56 seconds

Found footage supercut, mashup of Hungarian feature films about the 1956 revolution.

2018-10-23 | hu

Only the Dead

A supercut of television’s The First 48. (Aaron Valdez)

2016-08-25 | en

The All New NFL Football Follies

This collection of football follies comes from Sports Illustrated and was a subscription bonus for signing up to the magazine.

1986-01-01 | en

Another Home

Cheung Chau, once a fishing village in Hong Kong, has transformed into a tourist spot. Ri-Tai, a food stall run by A-Cheung, reflects local life, absurdities, and societal realities. A-Cheung spends his days playing games with customers like Plumpy, forming bonds that transcend generations. However, the onset of COVID-19 disrupts this sense of community, leaving the island deserted and questioning whether Ri-Tai's simple way of life will vanish.

2025-01-17 | cn

A Dash to the North Pole

This film footage of the Ziegler North Pole expedition was reissued in Britain by Charles Urban in 1909 when all things Polar were of almost obsessive interest to the British film-going public.

1909-01-01 | en

Im Wald der wilden Bienen

2022-01-04 | de

Inside Kalifaat

2023-09-21 | nl

Storočnica – Eugen Suchoň

2014-01-01 | sk

Hitler an der Macht

Short film about Hitler's rise to power in 1933

1960-01-01 | de

ONE UNITY

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Image Book

When asked to create something for the “Où en êtes-vous?” (“Where Are You?”) collection commissioned and posed by the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Haynes’s response was this behind-the-scenes film made during the production of May December, which evokes Ingmar Bergman’s Persona and Jean-Luc Godard’s Two or Three Things I Know About Her in its metacinematic exploration of identity.

2023-02-10 | en