Movies: Amy Taubin
- 2021
The Velvet Underground (2021)
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Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story. Directed with the era’s avant-garde spirit by Todd Haynes, this kaleidoscopic oral history combines exclusive interviews with dazzling archival footage....
- 1967
Wavelength (1967)
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Wavelength consists of almost no action, and what action does occur is largely elided. If the film could be said to have a conventional plot, this would presumably refer to the three “character” scenes. In the first scene two people enter a room, cha...
- 2013
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches (2013)
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An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s....
- 2023
Cinéma Laika (2023)
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In the heart of the Finnish forest, the long-closed foundry of the little town of Karkkila has come back to life thanks to director Aki Kaurismäki and his creation of the town's first cinema. The peace and calm of the little town of Karkkila, nestled...
- 1974
‘Rameau’s Nephew’ by Diderot (Thanx to Dennis Young) by Wilma Schoen (1974)
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Various unrelated vignettes, often juxtaposing sound and image....
- 2004
Murder by Numbers (2004)
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A documentary on serial killer films....
- 2022
Fragments of Paradise (2022)
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For over 70 years, Jonas Mekas, internationally known as the "godfather" of avant-garde cinema, documented his life in what came to be known as his diary films. From his arrival in New York City as a displaced person in 1949 to his death in 2019, he ...
- 1997
Birth of a Nation (1997)
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Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades....
- 1980
Journeys from Berlin/1971 (1980)
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An epic meditation on psychoanalysis, the Baader-Meinhof, feminism, and pre-revolutionary Russia....
- 1965
Andy Warhol Screen Tests (1965)
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The films were made between 1964 and 1966 at Warhol's Factory studio in New York City. Subjects were captured in stark relief by a strong key light, and filmed by Warhol with his stationary 16mm Bolex camera on silent, black and white, 100-foot rolls...
- 1964
Couch (1964)
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The couch at Andy Warhol's Factory was as famous in its own right as any of his Superstars. In Couch, visitors to the Factory were invited to "perform" on camera, seated on the old couch. Their many acts-both lascivious and mundane-are documented in ...
- 1967
Her Name Was Ellie, His Name Was Lyle (1967)
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In New York City, a relationship is threatened when a young man discovers he's caught syphilis from a tryst with a waitress named Ellie. This threatens his relationship with a new girl. Film critic Amy Taubin co-stars as the new girl who gets the bad...
- 2001
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' (2001)
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A behind-the-scenes look at the making of this Oscar winning thriller, prepared for its tenth anniversary. Includes interviews with star Anthony Hopkins, as well as other members of the cast and crew, giving their views on the experience of creating ...
- 2009
Tracing Amy: The Chasing Amy Doc (2009)
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A documentary about the production, release and reception of Kevin Smith's 1997 Miramax cult classic "Chasing Amy."...
- 1966
Galaxie (1966)
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In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H. Auden, Jasper Johns, Susan Sontag, Storm De Hirsch, Jonas Mekas, Allen Ginsberg, and George and Mike K...
- 2018
Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground (2018)
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The 29-minute experimental film Christmas on Earth caused a sensation when it first screened in New York City in 1964. Its orgy scenes, double projections and overlapping images shattered artistic conventions and announced a powerful new voice in the...
- 1985
Home Movies 1971-81 (1985)
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Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years....
- 1981
In the Bag (1981)
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“What is stowed in a purse is often adduced as a reflection of, or synecdoche for, the personality of its owner; here Taubin manages to bare the trappings of personal intimacy while withholding any scopophilic pleasure derived from exposing herself a...
- 1964
Screen Test: Amy Taubin (1964)
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Andy Warhol Screen Test No. 335: Screen test of influential art critic Amy Taubin...