Movies: Curt McDowell

Blend of documentary and domestic melodrama featuring a series of sexually charged vignettes inspired by a piece of toilet graffiti. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016....

A man, his dog, and the regions they inhabited, each leaving his own distinctive mark on the landscape. Not even time can wash away the residue of what they left behind....

Curt McDowell has a confession for his parents. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015....

It Came from Kuchar is the definitive, feature documentary about the legendary, underground filmmaking twins, the Kuchar brothers. George and Mike Kuchar have inspired two generations of filmmakers, actors, musicians, and artists with their zany, "no...

A shady motel manager becomes obsessed with a neglected wife....

A musical about an unhappy couple and the man that stands between them. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015....

The comings and goings of the late underground filmmaker, Curt McDowell—and the people and activities that came and went along with him—are the themes that run through this existential diary of daily life. McDowell was dying from AIDS-related illness...

Barbara Hammer’s Audience is a fascinating deep cut from the director’s prodigious filmography. Relatively raw in its design, this 16mm diary of audience reactions at retrospectives of Hammer’s work in San Francisco, London, Toronto, and Montreal in ...

Siblings hide their ownership of a bordello from their mother. When she is visited by a man who shares the joys of sexual enlightenment with her, her entire world is turned upside down....

"A surreal meditation on a cigarette billboard using a very strange ballerina as an allegory for something or other Indescribably funny." - Seattle International Film Festival, 1978. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016....

"This film is about depression, although it's not that depressing. I suppose it has a message of faith and hope in it ... it does for me .... But then again my interest may not match yours. It was shot in San Francisco and in Central Oklahoma with a ...

Two brothers are stood up and lament through song. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015....

Symphony for a Sinner (1979) was a long, lavishly photographed color film generally considered the magnum opus of the class productions....

A short comedy by Curt McDowell. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015....

A documentary portrait of filmmaker George Kuchar conducting a tour of his apartment where he displays memorabilia and his toys which were used for props....

A series of vignettes illustrating sexual fantasies....

A diverse program of films and videos by various artists who challenge conventional representations of gender, family and sexuality, curated by Tom Kalin for Drift Distribution....

A comedic satire of psychological thrillers. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015....

Two men hypnotize their roommate and attempt to force him to fall in love....

A musical revue of lewd routines....