Movies: Bill Frisell

  • 2007
    All Hat

    All Hat (2007)

    All Hat

    3.42007HD

    An ex-con returns to his rural Ontario roots and outwits a corrupt and wealthy thoroughbred owner trying to take over a slew of local farms. Ray Dokes, a charming ex-ballplayer, returns from jail to discover the rural landscape of his childhood trans...

    All Hat
  • 1995
    La scuola

    La scuola (1995)

    La scuola

    6.81995HD

    In a high school in the outskirts of Rome, it's the last day before the summer holidays. A literature teacher reminisces the past year and wonders what will become of the students he cared for as if they were his children....

    La scuola
  • 2018
    Carmine Street Guitars

    Carmine Street Guitars (2018)

    Carmine Street Guitars

    7.22018HD

    Five days in the life of fabled Greenwich Village guitar store Carmine Street Guitars....

    Carmine Street Guitars
  • 1997
    Tales from the Far Side II

    Tales from the Far Side II (1997)

    Tales from the Far Side II

    7.61997HD

    An anthology of original animated shorts in the style and theme of Gary Larson's Far Side comics....

    Tales from the Far Side II
  • 1999
    American Hollow

    American Hollow (1999)

    American Hollow

    6.31999HD

    This documentary follows the lives of the Bowling family as they fight to survive in dirt-poor Appalachia. Matriarch Iree has given birth to 13 children, but only two have left to seek better lives in Ohio while the rest have married and started thei...

    American Hollow
  • 2012
    The Great Flood

    The Great Flood (2012)

    The Great Flood

    6.72012HD

    The Mississippi River Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in American history. In the spring of 1927, the river broke out of its banks in 145 places and inundated 27,000 square miles to a depth of up to 30 feet. Part of it enduring leg...

    The Great Flood
  • 1994
    Tales from the Far Side

    Tales from the Far Side (1994)

    Tales from the Far Side

    7.21994HD

    A series of Gary Larson's "Far Side" gags are turned into short animated gags, such as a Frankenstein cow; an insect airline's in-flight movie; deers, hunters, and ufos; wolf home-movies; egg horror flicks; and cowboys & aliens....

    Tales from the Far Side
  • 2023
    Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex

    Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex (2023)

    Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex

    6.82023HD

    A musical documentary celebrating the life and work of glam rock pioneer Marc Bolan, combined with a behind-the-scenes look at the tribute album of the same name....

    Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex
  • 2003
    The Mesmerist

    The Mesmerist (2003)

    The Mesmerist

    82003HD

    Made by re-editing a deteriorated nitrate print of The Bells (1926), starring Lionel Barrymore and Boris Karloff, this work shows the fragility of the film image while foreshadowing the Holocaust....

    The Mesmerist
  • 2023
    Even Hell Has Its Heroes

    Even Hell Has Its Heroes (2023)

    Even Hell Has Its Heroes

    02023HD

    Seattle’s swampy rivers and wild forests set an atmospheric scene for the tale of Earth – the slowest metal band on earth – which created the drone metal genre, was an inspiration to the grunge rock scene and had an unfortunate hand in Kurt Cobain’s ...

    Even Hell Has Its Heroes
  • 2023
    Music for Black Pigeons

    Music for Black Pigeons (2023)

    Music for Black Pigeons

    6.62023HD

    Music for Black Pigeons is the first collaboration between Jørgen Leth and Andreas Koefoed. The film poses existential questions to influential jazz players such as Bill Frisell, Lee Konitz, Midori Takada and many others: How does it feel to play, an...

    Music for Black Pigeons
  • 2010
    Portrait of a Man

    Portrait of a Man (2010)

    Portrait of a Man

    3.52010HD

    A rough but beautiful documentary film about the crisis of a man in his forties and his desire for a better life; its a story of parenthood, alcohol, Finnish man and his desire for love. It is also an unusually intimate depiction of the relationship ...

    Portrait of a Man
  • 2002
    A Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John Zorn

    A Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John Zorn (2002)

    A Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John Zorn

    5.52002HD

    A rare peek into the working methods of John Zorn. Filmed over a ten year period, this documentary includes live footage of Masada, Naked City, Cobra, as well as improvisations, his classical work and rare interviews. A prize winner at European festi...

    A Bookshelf on Top of the Sky: 12 Stories About John Zorn
  • 1999
    Pop

    Pop (1999)

    Pop

    91999HD

    Pop chronicles the journey of three generations of Meyerowitz men on a road trip from Florida to the Bronx, in exploration of their familial roots. Joel’s father, Hy, is battling Alzheimer’s disease and so they embark on a “quest to see if, along th...

    Pop
  • 1996
    Four Boys in a Volvo

    Four Boys in a Volvo (1996)

    Four Boys in a Volvo

    31996HD

    The short film was made from material shot for a Levi’s commercial on which Gus Van Sant was given complete freedom. Van Sant delivered the ad, and separately made his own short film; one that feels complete in and unto itself. Preserved by the Acad...

    Four Boys in a Volvo
  • 2020
    Truth or Consequences

    Truth or Consequences (2020)

    Truth or Consequences

    5.32020HD

    Truth or Consequences is a speculative documentary about time and how we weave the past into the present and our possible future. Set in the small desert town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, the film takes place in the shadow of a nearby Spacep...

    Truth or Consequences
  • 2020
    Motian in Motion

    Motian in Motion (2020)

    Motian in Motion

    02020HD

    Motian In Motion is a documentary film about iconic jazz drummer Paul Motian, with rare footage of Paul playing and recording at the world renowned Village Vanguard, Birdland and other venues....

    Motian in Motion
  • 1996
    The Film of Her

    The Film of Her (1996)

    The Film of Her

    6.31996HD

    Based on the story of Howard Walls, A clerk at the Library of Congress who saved a collection of early paper reel films from the incinerator, director Bill Morrison embellishes the tale a bit in this inspired short work. Here, the vision of a woman...

    The Film of Her
  • 2002
    Bill Frisell: Live In Montreal

    Bill Frisell: Live In Montreal (2002)

    Bill Frisell: Live In Montreal

    02002HD

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    Bill Frisell: Live In Montreal
  • 2017
    Bill Frisell: A Portrait

    Bill Frisell: A Portrait (2017)

    Bill Frisell: A Portrait

    5.32017HD

    An intimate, behind-the-music portrait of one of the most unassuming yet influential creative artists of our time, guitarist Bill Frisell. Frisell said of the film, “It’s like the inside of my brain!”...

    Bill Frisell: A Portrait