Song 5

Stop for Bud is Jørgen Leth's first film and the first in his long collaboration with Ole John. […] they wanted to "blow up cinematic conventions and invent cinematic language from scratch". The jazz pianist Bud Powell moves around Copenhagen -- through King's Garden, along the quay at Kalkbrænderihavnen, across a waste dump. […] Bud i...

Runtime

12m

Director

Jørgen Leth, Ole John

Cast

Bud Powell, Dexter Gordon, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starring a man and women sitting in a box while a narrator poses questions about their relationship and humanity. Years later, Danish director Lars von Trier made a deal with Leth to remake his film five times, each under a different set of ci...

Runtime

1h 28m

Director

Lars von Trier, Jørgen Leth

Cast

Claus Nissen, Majken Algren Nielsen

This short, silent film captures a Sunday afternoon at a community skating rink. Iconic Quebec director Gilles Carle has the camera follow toddlers learning to skate, young girls flashing their skates and boys decked out in the colours of their favourite hockey teams. A picture perfect moment on a bright winter's day.

Runtime

10m

Director

Gilles Carle

Let's face it, rats are not the most beloved creatures on earth. However, maybe this little tale about the history of human and rat interaction will change the world's tune. At least that is the hope of Remy, the star of Ratatouille, and his reluctant brother Emile as they guide us through world history from a rat's perspective. Why ca...

Runtime

11m

Director

Jim Capobianco

Cast

Patton Oswalt, Peter Sohn, Lou Romano

This short focuses on the job of the costume designer in the production of motion pictures. The costume designer must design clothing that is correct for the film historically and geographically, and must be appropriate for the mood of the individual scene. We see famed costume designer Edith Head at work on a production. The Costume D...

Runtime

9m

Cast

Eve Arden, Joan Caulfield, Linda Darnell

Sutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in his life and Aimee plans for her future beyond school, an unexpected romance blossoms between them.

Runtime

1h 35m

Director

James Ponsoldt

Cast

Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Masam Holden

A young tech worker takes a job at a powerful Internet corporation, quickly rises up the company's ranks, and soon finds herself in a perilous situation concerning privacy, surveillance and freedom. She comes to learn that her decisions and actions will determine the future of humanity.

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

James Ponsoldt

Cast

Emma Watson, Alicia Vikander, Tom Hanks

Kate and Charlie like to have a good time. Their marriage thrives on a shared fondness for music, laughter… and getting smashed. When Kate’s partying spirals into hard-core asocial behavior, compromising her job as an elementary schoolteacher, something’s got to give. But change isn’t exactly a cakewalk. Sobriety means she will have to...

Runtime

1h 25m

Director

James Ponsoldt

Cast

Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Octavia Spencer

An aging, disillusioned alcoholic gets a younger friend and wants him to pose as his son at a school reunion.

Runtime

1h 30m

Director

James Ponsoldt

Cast

Nick Nolte, Trevor Morgan, Rosemarie DeWitt