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The final 17 years of American singer and musician Karen Carpenter, performed almost entirely by modified Barbie dolls. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 7, 2023 - 5 comments

[TRAILER] A 2009 American experimental film written and directed by Harmony Korine. Shot on worn VHS home video, the film features a "loser-gang cult-freak collective" living in Nashville, Tennessee. The gang of elderly individuals masturbates to trash, a motif that recurs throughout the film. The characters participate in a variety of depraved and unpleasant activities. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 15, 2022 - 2 comments

The idea is simple: A married woman and a single man meet. They love, they argue, fists fly. A dog strays between town and country. The seasons pass. The man and woman meet again. The dog finds itself between them. The other is in one, the one is in the other and they are three. The former husband shatters everything. A second film begins: the same as the first, and yet not. From the human race we pass to metaphor. This ends in barking and a baby's cries [more inside]
posted by sapagan on Feb 17, 2016 - 1 comment

Fact, fantasy and memory are woven seamlessly together in this portrait of film-maker Guy Maddin's home town of Winnipeg, Manitoba. [more inside]
posted by naju on Oct 12, 2015 - 9 comments