
Ardo
Neocrystxl

2024-12-24
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0.0After a premonition of an unusual bird, a father loses his voice. His daughter undertakes a search to rediscover him, through an intimate narrative that explores the past, the new facets and the silences of a man who is no longer the same.
6.0A retrospective special commemorating the 20th anniversary of the sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
6.0Do you look back on the optimism of the 1997-2001 era as a lost golden age, or do you see it as a period of naïvety, delusion and folly? There’s a lot of nostalgia for the nineties at the moment, especially from people too young to remember it who see the decade as a simpler, pre-internet time. Modern nostalgia often draws on corporate American-90s mall culture, but what about British culture? With I’ve Been Trying To Tell You – made to accompany the Saint Etienne album of the same name – director Alasdair McLellan evokes the era through the fog of memory. The resulting film, shot in locations from Grangemouth to Portmeirion to Southampton, is both beautiful and enveloping.
9.0Discover the untold story of Pinball and Arcade in Australia in this heart-warming, and at times heart-breaking, nostalgic journey through the golden era of gaming.
7.5Casa Bonita opened in 1974 in an unassuming strip mall. The massive "Disneyland of Mexican restaurants" is an Old West and Acapulco-inspired fever dream made famous by its indoor waterfall, cliff divers, and haunted caves, and was featured in a classic 2003 episode of South Park. When its creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, learn that Casa Bonita might close its doors for good, they attempt to preserve a crumbling piece of their childhood and Denver history.
0.0A Chinese girl returns home to Helsinki, with a desire to reassess her feelings about home, perfection, friendship, and regret. A tender dialogue is raised between father and daughter.
0.0A fragmented look into the memories of two strangers from the same hometown, brought together through a university project.
0.0After discovering more than 100 Super 8 reels in his great-aunt's basement, a young filmmaker reflects on the value of these movies and his family's legacy.
0.0Dive full-force into the most electric, profound, action-packed, and emotionally resonant decade in the history of filmmaking with the fifth installment of the “Tour de Cinema” series.
6.2Using testimonies by pioneers and witnesses of the times, delve into the feverish visual culture the media generated – with far-fetched examples of canine television games, seduction manuals, aerobics class while holding a baby, among others.
0.0The filmmaker's mother describes stories of his lustful youth over the phone, causing them to reflect on his current love life at the age of 30.
0.0A digital diary. Filmed in Mozambique between September and December 2024. Amidst revolutionary mood, during work, on sleepy beaches. Surrounded by sand, palm trees and an orange sun. VHS and Capulanas. Tanks and friends. Beer and reflection.
9.0A short documentary about the rapidly disappearing era of heritage movie palaces and the film going experience once offered within those hallowed walls.
6.5When two siblings undertake an archaeological excavation of their late grandmother’s house, they embark on a magical-realist journey from her home in New Jersey to ancient Rome, from fashion to physics, in search of what life remains in the objects we leave behind.
7.0In the town of Xoco, the spirit of an old villager awakens in search of its lost home. Along its journey, the ghost discovers that the town still celebrates its most important festivities, but also learns that the construction of a new commercial complex called Mítikah will threaten the existence of both the traditions and the town itself.
4.3Filmmakers and collectors lift the curtain on their manic media obsession that is not only a huge part of their lives, but the lifeblood of their existence!
5.0A feature length documentary shot over 9 months taking a look at the explosion of movies that became available on VHS in the UK.
10.0Equal parts personal essay, intense rumination, and playful satire, this movie laments the death of the American Video Store while it searches for the missing human element in today's digital landscape.
0.0Experimental video art compiled from video taken on an LG Env3 flip phone circa 2009-2010