Category: Film & Video

Playtime 1967

Playtime 1967Playtime (stylized as PlayTime and also written as Play Time) is a 1967 comedy film directed by Jacques Tati. In the film, Tati again plays Monsieur Hulot, the popular character who had central roles in his earlier films Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953) and Mon Oncle (1958). However, Tati grew ambivalent towards playing…
The Future from the Past – Worlds Fair 1939

From the perspective of the 21st century, it’s hard to imagine what a marvel the 1939-1940 New York World’s Fair would have been to its visitors. Still living in the heavy shadow of the stock market crash of 1929, the many people who flocked to the big exhibition found not only bounteous luxuries such as…
Walkabout 1971

Walkabout is a 1971 survival film directed by Nicolas Roeg starring Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg, and David Gulpilil • Two city-bred siblings are stranded in the Australian Outback, where they learn to survive with the aid of an Aboriginal boy on his “walkabout”: a ritual separation from his tribe. Walkabout is a 1971 survival film directed…
Sean Scully at Sant Cecília

Please see the earlier video below which was made at and by the Museu de Montserrat and is more direct by way of a depiction and sense of place and intervention by the artist. In July 2016, during a visit by Sean Scully to the Romanesque church of St. Cecilia, a video was recorded in which…
The Beauty

What if plastic could be integrated into sea life? The Beauty directed by Pascal Schelbli is a poetic journey through the oceans, which are simultaneously stunning and filthy. Discover a world where concerns and fears dissolve into the mysterious depth of the polluted blue sea.CrewDirector: Pascal SchelbliVFX Supervisor: Marc AngeleProducers: Aleksandra Todorovic, Tina VestUnderwater Cinematography:…
Ricardo Bofill” by Albert Moya

In Residence Ep 15: “Ricardo Bofill” by Albert Moya Architecture renegade Ricardo Bofill invites us into the 5,000-square ft former cement factory outside Barcelona that he calls home. Read the full feature on NOWNESS: http://bit.ly/10dz6Jz Watch more design videos here: http://bit.ly/design-playlist Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nowness
A is for Amsterdam

The images above were captured on a visit to Amsterdam in September of 2009 by Sparky founder Greville E The Romance of Cities – A is for Amsterdam The timelapse film about Amsterdam is a personal project by Albert Dros. ‘This film consists of footage shot during a 2 year period (mostly before COVID), has…
Vintage Barcelona

El Raval, 1988 – A report on the situation in the Raval neighborhood of Barcelona, more than thirty years ago. Por aquellos tiempos, known as the Chinese neighborhood, there were evident problems of drugs, crime and social marginalization, a document of indisputable journalistic value, which we thought could not be missing from our archive.
The Neighbors’ Window

The Neighbors’ Window – Oscar Winning Short Film Written & directed by four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker Marshall Curry it tells the story of Alli (Maria Dizzia), a mother of young children who has grown frustrated with her daily routine and husband (Greg Keller). But her life is shaken up when two free-spirited twenty-somethings move…
Rose Uniacke at home in London

Inside interior designer Rose Uniacke’s impeccably decorated Neo-Georgian London home.Read the full feature on NOWNESS: http://bit.ly/1QNBsao
Portrait of Havana

A series of intimate vignettes are woven together by the memories and dreams of people in central Havana.Directed by Giovanni P. Autran 2016 New Orleans Film Festival – World Premiere2017 Maryland Film Festival2017 Marfa Film Festival2017 Brooklyn Film Festival2017 Boston International Film Festival2017 Indie Grits Film Festival2017 Mammoth Lakes Film Festival2017 Woods Hole Film Festival2017…
The Long Take

SWITCH TO FULL SCREEN FOR FULL ENJOYMENT The Long Take Film Noir meets archive footage in this visual retelling of award-winning poet Robin Robertson’s dramatic lyric of historic Hollywood Scottish-born writer Robin Robertson’s thrilling narrative poem The Long Take is set in the now vanished era of mid-century Los Angeles. Video editor Paul Martinovic constructs a backdrop…