Trembling Palace

Direct cinema pioneer Frederick Wiseman takes an in-depth look at the preeminent American university during a fall semester that saw a vigorous debate over tuition hikes, budget cuts, and the future of higher education in the United States.

A visual essay about the progressive tradition of the United States as seen through grave markers and monuments.

A correspondence film: rolls of high contrast black and white film were sent back and forth in the mail over the course of a year until the film began to reveal itself as a science non-fiction fairy tale, a speculative quest – circling and searching, falling and landing, entering and exiting – to recapture elisions in light caught within and between seasons, states, planes and worlds.

Panes are Planes, A spring squall, as seen from the inside out and back again. and again.

Movement through and into a special time of day. An hour of interior time.

Short film directed by Robert Todd.

Life shivers as the ground beneath and sky above tremble.

Ashby, MA 2008

A bed of flowers.

The Nest is a place of resting, but for the restless spirit, it is a moving island. Here we find silence, if not solace.

Cascade is an experimental, contemplative medium-length film shot on 16 mm, focused on the observation of nature, light, and movement. Rather than following a conventional narrative, the film creates a sensory experience through fluid imagery and visual layering, exploring the transformation of landscapes and the relationship between time, memory, and the natural environment.

Somewhere along or between the borders of here and there, ...in time and in place.

a film by robert todd

Moving through fall’s end and beginning, falling. - RT

a film by robert todd

Entering and exiting a season.