Michael Almereyda Movies

John C. Lilly is the inventor of the isolation tank, as well as pioneer of studies in dolphin intelligence and support of psychedelics as a positive...

Escapes blazes a path through mid-20th-century Hollywood via the experiences of Hampton Fancher – flamenco dancer, actor, and the unlikely...

A gambler comes to live with his sister and discovers his young nephew can predict the winner of horse races by riding on his rocking horse.

Loosely based on a section of Mikhail Lermontov's classic Russian novel of the same title, the film involves a displaced cowboy (played by Kevin...

In 1967, strait-laced exploitation movie king Roger Corman embarks on a life-changing attempt to capture the psychedelic world of LSD on film by...

Footage from 2005’s Festival Art Rock in Saint-Brieuc, France, featuring Metric, Sonic Youth, Jeanne Balibar, and other acts.

Documentary about William Eggleston, a famous modern American photographer.

A young man sets out on a journey to the Ogre's lair, in search of a feather with the power to save a dying king.

A self-help guru's televised teachings inspire a down-and-out businessman to pursue his dream of making a movie.

A photographer shares unpublished images chronicling time spent among the 'fiercely independent' residents of a remote English fishing village.

Two young boys discuss their favorite movies and the nature of "passive resistance" while playing a video game.

The writings and movie memories of renowned poet John Ashbery are refracted in a kaleidoscope of film clips that open up an illuminating dialogue...

Interview with director Wim Wenders conducted and edited by filmmaker Michael Almereyda.

Almereyda’s reading of Kenneth Koch’s “To the Unknown” transforms footage of the everyday into a moving tribute to one of the...

Commissioned by Chuck Workman and excerpted in his What is Cinema (2014). Never screened in public.

A visual essay by filmmaker Michael Almereyda.

André Breton, the great leader of the surrealist revolution, is still alive and he is in New York! Filmed with Almereyda's favourite...

Michael Almereyda’s Paradise is a poignant and surprising sketchbook, a collection of brief episodes captured during a decade of travel. The...

Four short films were created in honor of artist residency program MacDowell's Centennial in 2007. Four artists, competitively selected from among...