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THE COCKETTES (2002) and WE WERE HERE (2011) filmmaker David Weissman.
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INTERVIEW: David Weissman on “The Cockettes” and “We Were Here”

Essential documents of what now seems almost a fantastical time and place—San Francisco from the late 1960s into the early ’80s—THE COCKETTES (2002) and WE WERE HERE (2011) respectively tell the stories of the outrageous glitter-bombed, gender-bent performance troupe and a heroic response to the harrowing impact of the AIDS epidemic on a blindsided populace. Keyframe catches up with filmmaker David Weissman.

Interview with RETROGRADE writer-director Adrian Murray
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INTERVIEW: Adrian Murray on “Retrograde”

Keyframe speaks with RETROGRADE writer-director Murray about his sharp, concise new cringe comedy, the Slamdance-vetted film’s unpredictable admixture of inspirations, and Toronto’s close-knit indie film scene.

Parting Glances (1986), starring Steve Buscemi
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Curator’s Pick: “Parting Glances”

Not quite Steve Buscemi’s big-screen debut—that honor goes to Eric Mitchell’s no-wave landmark The Way It Is (1985), alongside fellow first-timer Vincent Gallo and his stage comedy partner Mark Boone Jr.—Bill Sherwood’s Parting Glances (1986) is a “Curator’s Pick” and essential Pride Month viewing on Fandor. It’s the film that first got the world beyond NYC’s East Village to notice the firefighter-turned-actor.

Kiyoshi Kurosawa's BRIGHT FUTURE (2003)
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WATCH FOR FREE: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “Bright Future”

Premiering at Cannes 20 years ago this month, at a time when Kurosawa was still hotly associated with horror, Bright Future (available to watch free this month on Fandor!) flirts with genre elements and an ambient, shadowy tone of vaguely defined anxiety, but with an often-deadpan vibe that aligns it with slacker comedies.

Theodore Schaefer, director of GIVING BIRTH TO A BUTTERFLY (2021)
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INTERVIEW: Theodore Schaefer on “Giving Birth to a Butterfly”

After a decade of working his way up through the indie film ranks, writer-director-producer Theodore Schaefer at last sees the debut of his highly distinctive …

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Six to Watch: “Mother!”

Mother’s Day is Sunday, which on Fandor means it’s a fine time to call home (cinematically speaking) and check in on Mom. This month’s 25-film “Mother!” collection honors the tradition even as it explores maternity in a myriad of sometimes unexpected or surprising guises. Here are six highlights to help you celebrate in unconventional style.

RAZZENNEST filmmaker and Austrian madman Johannes Grenzfurthner
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INTERVIEW: Johannes Grenzfurthner on “Razzennest”

Rogue artist, raconteur and cocktail roboticist Johannes Grenzfurthner is a Viennese Renaissance man whose obsessively detailed and cleverly unhinged films infiltrated some of North America’s more fun-oriented film festivals during the pandemic. His latest, RAZZENNEST, is now streaming exclusively on Fandor.

Joan Micklin Silver's A FISH IN THE BATHTUB (1998)
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Curator’s Pick: “A Fish in the Bathtub”

JAWS it ain’t, nor is it named WANDA. But the dinner-sized carp that plays the title role in Joan Micklin Silver’s A FISH IN THE BATHTUB causes plenty of ruckus in the lives of a Queens, NYC family that briefly comes apart at the seams after it takes up splashy residence in a spare bathroom.

TIDELAND (2005, directed by Terry Gilliam)
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Six to Watch: “I Need Space”

All so aptly named, Fandor’s themed compendium “I Need Space” offers up 27 movies that unreel across the great outdoors—and, occasionally, outer space itself—in unforgettable locations all around the globe. To get your viewing started, Keyframe offers a thumbnail guide to six wildly distinct features.

Hannah Lee Thompson stars in "Hannah Ha Ha" (2022, directed by Jordan Tetewsky and Joshua Pikovsky)
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Fandor Exclusive: “Hannah Ha Ha”

New England filmmakers Joshua Pikovsky and Jordan Tetewsky, the talents behind last year’s Slamdance Grand Jury prizewinner for Best Narrative Feature HANNAH HA HA, bring their own finely tuned sensibilities to bear on the now-familiar quarter-age crisis genre, updating it to reflect the late-capitalist limbo we’re all living in.

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