Michael Almereyda Movies

  • 1995
    At Sundance

    At Sundance

    At Sundance

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    A group portrait of filmmakers attend the 1995 Sundance Film Festival. Featuring Matthew Harrison, Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Todd Haynes, Greg...

    At Sundance
  • 2020
    The Lonedale Operator

    The Lonedale Operator

    The Lonedale Operator

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    The writings and movie memories of renowned poet John Ashbery are refracted in a kaleidoscope of film clips that open up an illuminating dialogue...

    The Lonedale Operator
  • 2008
    New Orleans, Mon Amour

    New Orleans, Mon Amour

    New Orleans, Mon Amour

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    One year after Hurricane Katrina, troubles arise for a surgeon who, despite remarrying his ex-wife and starting his life anew, becomes reacquainted...

    New Orleans, Mon Amour
  • 2018
    The North Wind's Gift

    The North Wind's Gift

    The North Wind's Gift

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    A magic microwave ensnares a starving family and their landlord.

    The North Wind's Gift
  • 2016
    Three for the Road

    Three for the Road

    Three for the Road

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    Interview with director Wim Wenders conducted and edited by filmmaker Michael Almereyda.

    Three for the Road
  • 2017
    To the Unknown

    To the Unknown

    To the Unknown

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    Almereyda’s reading of Kenneth Koch’s “To the Unknown” transforms footage of the everyday into a moving tribute to one of the...

    To the Unknown
  • 1970
    The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes

    The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes

    The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes

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    In 1967, strait-laced exploitation movie king Roger Corman embarks on a life-changing attempt to capture the psychedelic world of LSD on film by...

    The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes
  • 2012
    The Ogre's Feathers

    The Ogre's Feathers

    The Ogre's Feathers

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    A young man sets out on a journey to the Ogre's lair, in search of a feather with the power to save a dying king.

    The Ogre's Feathers
  • 2013
    The Man Who Came Out Only at Night

    The Man Who Came Out Only at Night

    The Man Who Came Out Only at Night

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    In this retelling of an Italian folktale, a man marries the youngest of three sisters and shares a very strange secret with her on their wedding...

    The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
  • 1970
    Tonight at Noon

    Tonight at Noon

    Tonight at Noon

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    Lee and Mae are a couple trying to work out their differences. As Mae struggles with memories of a former flame, Lee, who is a writer, works through...

    Tonight at Noon
  • 2013
    Table Scraps: Notes on Babette's Feast

    Table Scraps: Notes on Babette's Feast

    Table Scraps: Notes on Babette's Feast

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    In this essay on Babette's Feast, filmmaker Michael Almereyda charts the path from Isak Dinesen’s story to Gabriel Axel’s film, taking...

    Table Scraps: Notes on Babette's Feast
  • 2012
    What Is Cinema?

    What Is Cinema?

    What Is Cinema?

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    Commissioned by Chuck Workman and excerpted in his What is Cinema (2014). Never screened in public.

    What Is Cinema?
  • 2013
    Giving Up the Ghost

    Giving Up the Ghost

    Giving Up the Ghost

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    A visual essay by filmmaker Michael Almereyda.

    Giving Up the Ghost
  • 2003
    A Brief History of Surrealism

    A Brief History of Surrealism

    A Brief History of Surrealism

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    André Breton, the great leader of the surrealist revolution, is still alive and he is in New York! Filmed with Almereyda's favourite...

    A Brief History of Surrealism
  • 2011
    The Great Gatsby in Five Minutes

    The Great Gatsby in Five Minutes

    The Great Gatsby in Five Minutes

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    The Fitzgerald classic as you've never seen it, transposed to a Los Angeles of sleek modern architecture and strip-mall foot clinics.

    The Great Gatsby in Five Minutes
  • 2007
    A Damn Fool Scheme

    A Damn Fool Scheme

    A Damn Fool Scheme

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    Four short films were created in honor of artist residency program MacDowell's Centennial in 2007. Four artists, competitively selected from among...

    A Damn Fool Scheme
  • 1985
    A Hero of Our Time

    A Hero of Our Time

    A Hero of Our Time

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    Loosely based on a section of Mikhail Lermontov's classic Russian novel of the same title, the film involves a displaced cowboy (played by Kevin...

    A Hero of Our Time
  • 2008
    Paradise

    Paradise

    Paradise

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    Michael Almereyda’s Paradise is a poignant and surprising sketchbook, a collection of brief episodes captured during a decade of travel. The...

    Paradise
  • 1993
    Aliens

    Aliens

    Aliens

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    Two young boys discuss their favorite movies and the nature of "passive resistance" while playing a video game.

    Aliens