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Thursday, June 28, 2018

Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire (1974)


Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire is a movie starring Leonard Cohen, Ron Cornelius, and Bob Johnston. Directed by celebrated British filmmaker Tony Palmer, "Bird on a Wire" follows Cohen on his 1972 European tour. Long lost 16mm prints were restored for this release, not seen since 1972.

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Rock Hudson's Home Movies

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Rock Hudson's Home Movies is a 1992 documentary by Mark Rappaport. It shows clips from Rock Hudson's films that could be interpreted as gay entendres. Eric Farr speaks to the camera as if speaking Rock Hudson's words from a posthumous diary. Film clips from more than 30 Hudson films illustrate ways in which his sexual orientation played out on screen. First there are tenuous and unresolved relationships with women, then clips of Rock with men, cruising and circling. Second, there is pedagogical eros: Hudson with older men. Rock is seen with his male sidekicks, often Tony Randall. Next, the film looks in depth at comedies of sexual embarrassment and innuendo: films in which Hudson sometimes plays two characters, "macho Rock and homo Rock." Lastly, the film reflects on Hudson's death from AIDS.

In Search of the Miraculous


In search of the Miraculous, a film by Pontus Alv. Made between 2005 and 2010. Filmed and edited by Pontus Alv. Concept and art direction by Klez Zawisa. Featuring, in order of appearance:

Part 1: Pontus Alv, Daniel Håkansson, Martin Nilsson, Danijel Stankovic, Pekka, Javier Mendizibal, Txus Dominguez

Part 3: Eniz Fazliov, Oskar Ristenfeldt, Jacob Ovgren, Phil Zwijsen, Ferit Batir, Mikael Persson, Colin Kennedy

Part 4: Alain Goikoetxea, Ben Smicker

Part 5: Johan Linö-Waad, Oskar Ristenfeldt, Mikael Persson, Johannes Marent, Hjalte Halberg

Part 6: Günez Özdogan

Part 7: Javier Mendizibal, Txus Dominguez, Eniz Fazliov, Julian Furones, Jan Kliewer, Ferit Batir, John Dahlquist, David Stenström, Jean-Louis Huhta, Christian Sjöberg

Part 8: Daniel Håkansson, Per Magnusson, Andreas Lindström

Part 9: Marcus Nyström, Daniel Håkansson, Patrik Evander, Marcus Olsson, Pontus Alv, Jean-Louis Huhta, Per Magnusson, Dirk Raßloff, Javier Mendizibal, John Magnusson, Al Partanen, Love Eneroth, Stefan Toth, Darren Navarette

Part 10: Michael Juras

Part 11: Mattias Nylén, Skreech, Dennis Busenitz, Chris Senn, John Magnusson, Sam Hitz, Al Partanen, Salba, Daniel Cardone, Jimmy the Greek, Ben Schroeder

Part 12: Scott Bourne, Julian Furones, Mattias Nylén, John Magnusson

Part 13: Fred Demard, Pontus Alv, Julian Furones, Guillaume Mocquin, Julian Viallet, Chris Merkt, Oli Buergin

Part 14: Love Eneroth, Johan Florell, Ricky Sandström, Mika Edin

Part 15: Daniel Håkansson, John Dahlquist, Mattias Nylén, Nils Svensson, Dennis Busenitz, Jimmy the Greek, Stefan Toth, Martin Nilsson, Marcus Olsson, Pontus Alv, Kos Mizkieviesz, Jean-Louis Huhta, Hans Claessens, Johan Linö-Waad, Kalle Helgesson, Martin Ottosson

Part 16: John Magnusson, Javier Mendizibal, John Dahlquist, Alexander Åkerlund, Andreas Lindström, Johan Linö-Waad, Stefan Toth, Kalle Pool B

Part 17: Danijel Stankovic, Koffe Hallgren, Hjalte Halberg, Pontus Alv

Part 18: Pontus Alv, Johan Linö-Waad, John Dahlquist, Love Eneroth, Stefan Toth, Eniz Fazliov, Tobias Henriksson, Johan Sunden, Danijel Stankovic, Per Magnusson, Mikael Persson, Marcus Olsson, Nils Svensson, Daniel Håkansson, Jonas Lindahl, Günes Özdogan, Hans Claessens, Martin Nilsson, Fernando Bramsmark, Oskar Ristenfeldt, Michal Juras, Kalle Pool B, Martin Ottosson

Part 19: Pontus Alv

Part 20: Johan Linö-Waad, Per-Kristian Hansson, Tobias Henriksson

Friday, June 08, 2018

The Vietnam War - A Television History


Vietnam: A Television History (1983) is a 13-part documentary mini-series about the Vietnam War (1955–1975) from the perspective of the United States. It was produced for public television by WGBH-TV in Boston, Central Independent Television of the UK and Antenne-2 of France. It was originally broadcast on PBS between October 4 and December 20, 1983.