Hugo

The Scary Movie

January 1993 •English

Martina and Sonja, cross-dress in vampire capes and werewolf claws, re-enacting familiar horror tropes. A corresponding soundtrack of stock screams and "scary" music suggests that the girls' toying with gender roles and power dynamics may have dire consequences.

Other Land

October 2024 •English

You find yourself in a foreign landscape. Two other people are on the horizon. Something about the world around you is off. It isn't long before something is released from a caged pit. There is limited time left as something ugly consumes the land around you. Is this Earth?

La Chinoise

August 1967 •French

A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world and how to change the world to a Maoistic community using terrorism.

Paranoid Park

July 2007 •English

A teenage skateboarder becomes suspected of being connected with a security guard who suffered a brutal death in a skate park called "Paranoid Park".

Skinamarink

January 2023 •English

Two children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father is missing, and all the windows and doors in their home have vanished.

Instinct

Invalid date •

A woman strolls through nature, embraces trees, and enjoys stunning views. She dances around a large tree, then suddenly falls into darkness, wakes up in a completely different setting, and wonders if she was dreaming or if this is her dream.

VAZIO

November 2023 •Portuguese

A painter struggles with an empty canvas as a void grows inside of her.

Totally F***ed Up

August 1994 •English

Gay, alienated Los Angeles teens have a hard time as their parents kick them out of their homes, they don’t have money, their lovers cheat, and they are harassed by gay-bashers.

Nickel Boys

December 2024 •English

Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

Mello, Judd, & Tooth Floss

October 2023 •English

Mello, Judd, & Tooth Floss is a slice of life short about two friends who sit in their car by the ocean on their lunch break as they make up stories about passersby.

Inviável

July 2022 •Portuguese

A man and a woman live in an abandoned house in a forest. Their lives are shaken when someone visits them.

The Brown Bunny

November 2003 •English

Bud Clay races motorcycles in the 250cc Formula II class of road racing. After a race in New Hampshire, he has five days to get to his next race in California. During his road trip, he is haunted by memories of the last time he saw Daisy, his true love.

Those Who Wander

August 2022 •English

What are they? What do they seek? When all the lights go out, they will wander. And you will never see them.

Osessione

March 1997 •Italian

House

August 1977 •Japanese

Hoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip to the countryside to visit her aunt at their ancestral house. She invites her six friends, Prof, Melody, Mac, Fantasy, Kung Fu, and Sweet, to join her. The girls soon discover that there is more to the old house than meets the eye.

La Demoiselle de Coeur

January 1963 •French

The kings of the card game, tired of serving for the amusement of men, decide to participate in the lives of humans and behave like them.

Vestígio

Invalid date •Portuguese

A photographer looks at pictures of the last day of a boy's life.

A Love Letter to Cinema

October 2023 •English

An experimental sampled film which shows the pleasurable art of movies about movies through scenes inside of theaters.

Electroma

May 2006 •

Two robots embark on a quest to become human.

Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray

May 2024 •English

An immersion into the surreal and dreamlike world of painter, photographer and filmmaker Man Ray (1890-1976), one of the most prolific American visual artists, through four of his short films, brought to life by the atmospheric music of SQÜRL.