Sapphic Saw

A documentary looking at the samurai traditions and films that helped shape Kurosawa's masterpiece.

After a much-publicized but brief stint in Hollywood, Jean Seberg was selected by Jean-Luc Godard to star in BREATHLESS. It was to become the legendary actress’s best-remembered role. This 2007 video essay by Mark Rappaport, director of the 1995 film FROM THE JOURNALS OF JEAN SEBERG, reveals the true story behind her iconic face.

Meet Nikola Tesla, the genius engineer and tireless inventor whose technology revolutionized the electrical age of the 20th century. Although eclipsed in fame by Edison and Marconi, it was Tesla's vision that paved the way for today's wireless world. His fertile but undisciplined imagination was the source of his genius but also his downfall, as the image of Tesla as a mad scientist came to overshadow his reputation as a brilliant innovator.

Two friends, Dan and Pete, move to New York City to discover that the Outer Boroughs, while more affordable than Manhattan, are vastly haunted by all sorts of ghouls, ghosts and goblins. How can Dan and Pete handle power demons and the undead when they can barely pay the rent? Tune in to witness all the horrors that await this supernatural odd couple in...The Outer Boroughs.

A new documentary on director Nobuo Nakagawa and the making of the film, Jigoku. Featuring exclusive interview with Nakagawa collaborators.

As an employee at a Boston-based financial firm, Kate Reddy struggles daily to balance the demands of her high-powered career with the needs of her husband, Richard, and their two children. When she gets an account that requires frequent trips to New York and her husband gets a new job, Kate finds herself spread even thinner. Complicating Kate's life even more is her new business associate Jack Abelhammer, who throws temptation into the mix.

A soldier lives in a small cloud of fear.

The plight of a British police officer (Brian Croucher) nudged outside of reality when a meta-mishap occurs during a bank robbery.

A film about aggression and escalation.

Jeff Twiller wants to give parkour a try. He thinks he might be pretty good at it.

A short film about existence and sentience. Satirical in tone, the film chronicles evolution and the development of the carnivore.

In this archival documentary, cinematographer John Bailey, production designer Eiko Ishioka, and composer Philip Glass discuss the conception of Paul Schrader's film, the image of Mishima that they had prior to committing to the project, the manner in which some of his ideas resonated with them, the unusual portrait of Mishima that the film offers, its form and visual style, etc.

Jeff Twiller develops an interest in his vacuum cleaner.

In this documentary, producers Tom Luddy and Mata Yamamoto recount the challenges of producing “Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters.”

Jeff Twiller's second attempt.

There's a Dead Crow outside. The flies are buzzing, and the raccoon is hungry.