Ricky D’Ambrose

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Ricky D’Ambrose

Born September 1, 1987 · U.S. (age 39)

Ricky D'Ambrose (born September 1, 1987, USA) is an Independent Spirit Award-winning writer and director in New York. His second feature, The Cathedral, had its world premiere at the 78th Venice Film Festival and its North American premiere at Sundance. The film was nominated for Best Film at the 2022 Gotham Awards. His short films and first feature, Notes on an Appearance, have screened at festiv…

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Bruno DumontBruno Dumont · 2015
Bruno Dumont
2015
Movie
The director of "Li'l Quinquin" discusses his filmmaking.
The CathedralThe Cathedral · 2022
The Cathedral
★ 5.82022
MovieDrama
An only child's meditative, impressionistic account of an American family's rise and fall over two decades.
Notes on an AppearanceNotes on an Appearance · 2018
Notes on an Appearance
★ 5.32018
MovieDramaMystery
A young man disappears amid talk of violence and demagoguery, leaving behind an obscure cache of letters, postcards, and notebooks.
Chantal AkermanChantal Akerman · 2013
Chantal Akerman
2013
Movie
Interview with the Belgian director discussing her films from the 1970s and her mother’s influence on her work.
Alex Ross PerryAlex Ross Perry · 2014
Alex Ross Perry
2014
MovieDocumentary
Interview with filmmaker Alex Ross Perry.
Object Lessons, or: What Happened WhitsundayObject Lessons, or: What Happened Whitsunday · 2020
Object Lessons, or: What Happened Whitsunday
★ 2.02020
MovieDrama
An American art collector’s estate plans to build a glass house that will permanently memorialize the collector’s many prints and paintings. The spot selected—several acres of undeveloped parkland in upstate New York—was the site of a young woman’s murder, the circumstances of which have been exploited for political purposes by the founder of a far-right populist party called National Advance.
The Sky Is Clear and Blue TodayThe Sky Is Clear and Blue Today · 2019
The Sky Is Clear and Blue Today
★ 5.72019
Movie
An American director, hired by German television to make a film about 9/11, re-stages a controversial photograph taken along the Brooklyn waterfront soon after the collapse of the World Trade Center.
Six Cents in the PocketSix Cents in the Pocket · 2015
Six Cents in the Pocket
2015
MovieDrama
This hypnotic work of contemporary cinematic modernism—something like Robert Bresson in Park Slope, but not exactly—concerns a young man apartment-sitting for friends as talk of a plane crash ominously lingers in the air.

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