Wes Anderson
A tribute that Wes Anderson wishes to pay to one of his favourite directors on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth. Together with Francesco Zippel, Anderson has retraced some themes close to Fellini’s own approach to cinema.
This documentary follows acclaimed filmmaker Wes Anderson as he discovers a world filled with shapes and lines.
An introspective insight into the life and artistic journey of William Friedkin, an extraordinary and offbeat director of cult films such as The French Connection, The Exorcist, Sorcerer, Cruising, To Live and Die in L.A. and Killer Joe. For the first time Friedkin opens up, guiding the audience on a fascinating journey through the themes and the stories that have influenced his life and his artistic career.
The iconic Carlyle hotel has been an international destination for a particular jet set as well as a favorite haunt of the most discernible New Yorkers.
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island that's a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet.
Alexandre Desplat is one of the most famous film music composer of today. Innovative artist with a singular expression, he is the successor of french masters of film music: Georges Delerue, Antoine Duhamel, Maurice Jarre. Writing music for films gather his two passions: music and cinema. Between working sessions, confidences, films and personnal archives, Alexandre Desplat offers, through this documentary, a great record on the creative process and today’s cinema.
Escapes blazes a path through mid-20th-century Hollywood via the experiences of Hampton Fancher – flamenco dancer, actor, and the unlikely producer and screenwriter of the landmark sci-fi classic Blade Runner. Fancher recounts episodes from his life — romantic misadventures with silver-screen stars, wayward acts of chivalry, jealousy, and friendship — matched with a parallel world of film and TV footage wherein Fancher plays cowboys, killers, fops, cads, and the occasional hero. Escapes shows how one man’s personal journey can unexpectedly shape a medium’s future.
Lone passengers are traveling to join their loved ones for the Christmas holiday, but winter weather conspires to way-lay them.
Martin Scali, who was Wes Anderson's assistant on Fantastic Mr. Fox, shot this short documentary in Newport, Rhode Island, during the filming of Moonrise Kingdom.
Filmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book “Hitchcock/Truffaut” (“Le cinéma selon Hitchcock”), written by François Truffaut and published in 1966.
On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the production.
The grim woes that surrounded famed director Peter Bogdanovich and his film, "They All Laughed."
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.
Stéphane Goudet is all over the Tati box-set as the preeminent Tati scholar, so it is only fitting that he conclude the disc with a half hour lecture that concludes the themes and methods of the filmmaker.
In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island of Fårö, located in the Baltic Sea, eighty nautical miles off the east coast of Sweden. He left Stockholm and went to live there. When he died, the house was preserved. A group of very special cinephiles, came from all over the world, have traveled to Fårö in search of the genius and his legacy. (An edited version of the Swedish mini-series “Bergmans video,” 2012.)
Taking place in 1955 in Italy, “Castello Cavalcanti” follows Jason Schwartzman as race car driver Jed Cavalcanti who suffers a mishap during the Molte Miglia rally and finds himself in a small town with a few familial surprises.
Candy is a modern chic french woman. She meets Julius and Gene, who are best friends, and cannot choose between them when both of them are fighting over her love.
Narrator Bob Balaban briefly profiles Murray, Willis, Norton, and Anderson. There's some lovely behind-the-scenes clips here, and a few laughs.
The librarian of the town of New Penzance introduces six animated segments illustrating Suzy's favorite books. Short film directed by Wes Anderson. Segments produced by OneHandClapping with animation direction by Christian De Vita.
Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.
Cousin Ben hosts a screening of Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom to the troops.
How to play Whack-Bat. A part of Special features for Fantastic Mr Fox.
The Fantastic Mr. Fox bored with his current life, plans a heist against the three local farmers. The farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with the sly fox, seek revenge against him and his family.
Three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest", however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray).
In a Paris hotel room, Jack Whitman lies on a bed. His phone rings; it's a woman on her way to see him, a surprise. She arrives and the complications of their relationship emerge in bits and pieces. Will they make love? Is their relationship over? (A prequel to “The Darjeeling Limited,” 2007.)
Filmmaker Wes Anderson ("The Royal Tenenbaums" ) interviews Peter Bogdanovich ("The Last Picture Show, "Paper Moon") about Bogdanovich's film "They All Laughed," the film Bogdanovich calls his personal best.
A making-of featurette for Wes Anderson's 2004 film.
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980's.
During production on the film "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou", documentary filmmakers followed the cast and crew of a film which depicts other documentary filmmakers who follow animal life. In this film, we get a first hand look at the sets and come very close to many of the cast and crew members at work, especially Bill Murray and Wes Anderson.
Documentary created by Matthew Gray Gubler during, and about, his time on the set of The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. (Released in 2005)
Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of the young Tenenbaums was subsequently erased by two decades of betrayal, failure, and disaster. Most of this was generally considered to be their father's fault. "The Royal Tenenbaums" is the story of the family's sudden, unexpected reunion one recent winter.
A documentary exclusive to this Criterion edition of the film, this is a really nicely done feature that's done by the director's brother, Eric Anderson, who also does the narration during this feature. Documentaries like this work enormously better than the usual documentary features that are usually included with DVDs, because it doesn't feel as if its nothing more than a promotional item, which is what most of these features seem to be. This is a "you-are-there" look at the production and allows the viewer a complete look at how scenes were filmed.
When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicated when Max's new friend becomes involved with her, setting the two pals against one another in a war for her attention.
Upon his release from a mental hospital following a nervous breakdown, the directionless Anthony joins his friend Dignan, who seems far less sane than the former. Dignan has hatched a hair-brained scheme for an as-yet-unspecified crime spree that somehow involves his former boss, the (supposedly) legendary Mr. Henry.
Dysfunctional friends Dignan and Anthony plan and execute a robbery with their pot-growing friend, Bob. The short film that inspired Wes Anderson’s feature debut.
A group of executives at Music Television (MTV) has commissioned The Max Fischer Players in conjunction with a team of visual effects specialists to produce a series of theatrical adaptations of some of 1998's most outstanding films on the ocassion of the 1999 MTV Movie Awards. They perform Out of Sight, The Truman Show and Armageddon.
The staff of a European publication decides to publish a memorial edition highlighting the three best stories from the last decade: an artist sentenced to life imprisonment, student riots, and a kidnapping resolved by a chef.
The famous twitter groupchat returns, with new characters as well as the return of old favorites. Featuring an expanded cast with newcomers like Vinchenzo, a jobless Italian who believes The Godfather is a trilogy and Analisa, a female cinephile suffering from Stockholm Syndrome. Favorites like Justin Lanza and infamous troll Twiggy are back and better than ever. With an improved production team, Cinephiles 2 is sure to be a smash hit.
An avant-garde acclaimed, absurdist, surrealist, allegorical sci-fi short film directed by god. The film chronicles the slow descent of the human race through a metaphor of fried chicken
Henry Sugar is a wealthy man with a penchant for gambling. One day, he discovers a doctor’s report which describes a strange patient from India who was able to see despite the fact that his eyes were sewn completely shut by doctors, and who used his strange abilities to conduct a very interesting – and incredibly lucrative – act for the circus. After discovering the method by which the doctors “removed” the Indian man’s sight, Henry conducts the procedure on himself, and eventually gives himself the power to see despite his sewn-shut eyes. With the help of his new powers, Henry undergoes a series of charades designed to make him a tremendous amount of money.
