Tom McCarthy
2) Double take
Language
English
Description
Johan Grimonprez's ingenious documentary/ fiction hybrid - a meditation on identity, filmmaking, power and paranoia - looks at Alfred Hitchcock's 50s-60s films against the climate of Cold War anxiety. Using a meticulous array of archive footage and a story by novelist Tom McCarthy, Grimonprez traces the global rise of fear as a commodity, examining modern history through the lens of mass media.
3) Mammoth
Language
English
Description
Leo (Gael García Bernal) is the creator of a booming website, and has stumbled into a world of money and big decisions. Ellen (Michelle Williams) is an emergency surgeon who devotes her long shifts to saving lives. Their 8-year old daughter Jackie spends most of her time with her nanny Gloria, a situation that is making Ellen start to question her priorities. When Leo travels to Thailand on business, he unwittingly sets off a chain of events that...