Michael Almereyda

The story of the Promethean struggles of Nikola Tesla, as he attempts to transcend entrenched technology—including his own previous work—by ...

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

A magic microwave ensnares a starving family and their landlord.

A service which creates holographic projections of late family members allows an elderly woman to spend time with a younger version of her ...

Yale University, 1961. Stanley Milgram designs a psychology experiment that still resonates to this day, in which people think they’re delivering ...

War erupts between dirty cops and outlaw bikers as a drug kingpin tries to protect his empire.

A visual essay by filmmaker Michael Almereyda.

In this retelling of an Italian folktale, a man marries the youngest of three sisters and shares a very strange secret with her on their wedding night.

In this essay on Babette’s Feast, filmmaker Michael Almereyda charts the path from Isak Dinesen’s story to Gabriel Axel’s film, taking ...

A photographer shares unpublished images chronicling time spent among the ‘fiercely independent’ residents of a remote English ...

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

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

Documentary about William Eggleston, a famous modern American photographer.

Director Michael Almereyda’s documentary on the weeks just prior to Sam Shepard’s stage production of his play “The Late Henry ...

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

When her sister suddenly vanishes, a young girl sets out to find her, desperately searching the internet for clues. Joining her is an ex-CIA ...

Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare’s immortal story about Hamlet’s plight to avenge his father’s murder in New York City.

An alcoholic American couple travel to Ireland with their son so he can meet his grandmother but they walk in on their crazed uncle who is in the ...

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.

In a contemporary New York City, members of a dysfunctional family of vampires are trying to come to terms with each other, in the wake of their ...

A group portrait of filmmakers attend the 1995 Sundance Film Festival. Featuring Matthew Harrison, Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Todd Haynes, ...

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

Men and women search for intimacy and meaning in their lives.

An oddball family on a Kansas farm are trapped in their farmhouse by an impending storm. The patriarch of the clan is a retired soda pop tycoon. ...

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