Movies: Curt McDowell

Blend of documentary and domestic melodrama featuring a series of sexually charged vignettes inspired by a piece of toilet graffiti. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016....

It Came from Kuchar is the definitive, feature documentary about the legendary, underground filmmaking twins, the Kuchar brothers. George and Mike Kuchar have inspired two generations of filmmakers, actors, musicians, and artists with their zany, "no...

Barbara Hammer’s Audience is a fascinating deep cut from the director’s prodigious filmography. Relatively raw in its design, this 16mm diary of audience reactions at retrospectives of Hammer’s work in San Francisco, London, Toronto, and Montreal in ...

A shady motel manager becomes obsessed with a neglected wife....

Naughty Words is a 3 min experimental film by Curt McDowell, covering the gamut of cinematic profanity....

A short comedy by Curt McDowell. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015....

A musical revue of lewd routines....

Siblings hide their ownership of a bordello from their mother. When she is visited by a man who shares the joys of sexual enlightenment with her, her entire world is turned upside down....

A comedic satire of psychological thrillers. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015....

Two men hypnotize their roommate and attempt to force him to fall in love....

Curt McDowell relates an idea for a film to Ted Davis. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016....

A diverse program of films and videos by various artists who challenge conventional representations of gender, family and sexuality, curated by Tom Kalin for Drift Distribution....

A short film in two parts by Curt McDowell. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015....

A series of vignettes illustrating sexual fantasies....

"A surreal meditation on a cigarette billboard using a very strange ballerina as an allegory for something or other Indescribably funny." - Seattle International Film Festival, 1978. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016....

Super 8 home movie footage of McDowell's trip home to Indiana, with voice-over by McDowell and Ted Davis....

"In Xmas 1986, George Kuchar’s mother Stella has come to stay with him for the holidays. After a series of dinners with friends, Stella’s repeated discussions about her shingles and Kuchar’s ominous film-noirish narration, Kuchar rescues the morale o...

A continuous dissolve of 87 male and female nudes. "The film's fascination lies with the suspense of that magic moment, halfway between two persons, when the dissolve technique produces composite figures, oftentimes hermaphroditic, that inspires awe...

Symphony for a Sinner (1979) was a long, lavishly photographed color film generally considered the magnum opus of the class productions....

Ronnie is a short exposé of a handsome young street hustler Curt McDowell met in San Francisco. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015....