Movies: Gabriel Chávez

2017
Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson (2017)
Lighting Up with Hildy Johnson
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In this 25-minute video essay, film scholar David Bordwell, co-author of "Film Art: An Introduction", conducts an analysis of Howard Hawks's "His Girl Friday" (1940), which he believes to be the apotheosis of classical Hollywood storytelling. Bordwel...
2018
Homay King on 'Shanghai Express' (2018)
Homay King on 'Shanghai Express'
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Film scholar Homay King discusses director Josef von Sternberg's cinematic China and the role of star Anna May Wong in 'Shanghai Express'....
2016
Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance (2016)
Robert Drew & Associates at the Museum of Tolerance
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In 1998, documentary filmmaker Robert Drew and his associates attend the Museum of Tolerance....
2022
Anatomy of a Scene: The Plant (2022)
Anatomy of a Scene: The Plant
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This masterclass featuring writer-director Andrew Stanton was produced for the Criterion Collection in 2022....
2018
Weimar on the Pacific (2018)
Weimar on the Pacific
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In this documentary, film scholars Gerd Germünden and Noah Isenberg discuss the artistic origins of Marlene Dietrich in the cabarets of Weimar Germany and her relationship to her native country during and after World War II....
2018
Generators, Noise Reduction, and Multitrack Audiotape (2018)
Generators, Noise Reduction, and Multitrack Audiotape
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Sound editor/re-recording mixer Larry Blake discusses the audio recording and restoration of Steven Soderbergh's film 'sex, lies, and videotape'....
2020
Miranda July: Where it Began (2020)
Miranda July: Where it Began
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In this documentary, produced in 2019, director Miranda July and filmmaker Lena Dunham explore July’s beginnings, including her early work as a performer, the creation of her Joanie 4 Jackie project, and the development and production of her first fe...
2020
No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation (2020)
No Boundaries: A Cure Conversation
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Conversation between director Kiyoshi Kurosawa and filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi, recorded in 2020....
2016
The Reluctant Lead — Hsu Feng on A Touch of Zen (2016)
The Reluctant Lead — Hsu Feng on A Touch of Zen
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In this short documentary, actress Hsu Feng discusses her iconic role as Yang Hui-zhen in King Hu's A Touch of Zen....
2018
Dietrich Icon (2018)
Dietrich Icon
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Film scholars Mary Desjardins, Amy Lawrence, and Patricia White consider the collaboration between Marlene Dietrich and Josef von Sternberg, as well as Dietrich's role as a Hollywood icon....
2017
M’Bissine Thérèse Diop on 'Black Girl' (2017)
M’Bissine Thérèse Diop on 'Black Girl'
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Conducted in 2016, this interview with actor M’Bissine Thérèse Diop covers her lead role in 'Black Girl'....
2022
Reflecting On Take Out (2022)
Reflecting On Take Out
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In this new documentary, produced by the Criterion Collection in 2022, directors Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou and actors Charles Jang, Wang-Thye Lee, and Jeng-Hua Yu consider the making of the film and its importance in their lives since....
2010
Constructing a House (2010)
Constructing a House
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Interview-based documentary looking back on the making and reception of Nobuhiko Ōbayashi's 1977 film House....
2017
Manthia Diawara on 'Black Girl' (2017)
Manthia Diawara on 'Black Girl'
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Conducted in 2016, this interview with filmmaker and cultural theorist Manthia Diawara (“African Cinema: Politics and Culture”) analyzes Ousmane Sembène’s 1966 film....
2013
Living 'Lord of the Flies' (2013)
Living 'Lord of the Flies'
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Actor Tom Gaman (Simon) narrates some 8mm movies shot during the film's three-month production and shares memories of working on the movie during his summer vacation....