Movies: Bob Balaban

People are asked to tell their favorite jokes....

Billy Bottomsly, a struggling artist, is plagiarised by a Hollywood mogul. He involves his "typecast" friends in a star-jacking retribution plan. Billy's own dark comedy of errors becomes the ground floor in a pyramid of deception; each revelation an...

Documentary featuring the contentious news surrounding the movie "Midnight Cowboy" (1969), including its Oscar win for feature film....

With some apprehension, Jared (Richard Ellis) flew across the country to move in with his boyfriend, Owen (writer-director Owen Thiele). On top of the expected challenges of move-in day, they're faced with a practical one that puts their relationship...

German American artist Eva Hesse (1936 – 1970) created her innovative art in latex and fiberglass in the whirling aesthetic vortex of 1960s New York. Her flowing forms were in part a reaction to the rigid structures of then-popular minimalism, a male...

Martin Scali, who was Wes Anderson's assistant on "Fantastic Mr. Fox", shot this short documentary in Newport, Rhode Island, during the filming of "Moonrise Kingdom"....

A medical student marries a millionaire's daughter but insists they live on the money he earns....

Filmmaker Richard P. Rogers tried for twenty years to make a documentary about his own life. He died in 2001, leaving the project unfinished, until his widow, acclaimed photographer Susan Meiselas, commissioned his former student Alexander Olch to ma...

Biopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz....

A quirky and inspirational documentary film on the philosophical approach to the life and work of character actor, Austin Pendleton....

With charm and wit, Nichols discusses his life and 50-year career as a performer and director....

A short film sequel to the six-episode web miniseries, "Thank You and Sorry."...

Everyone’s talking about it, but who can explain it? Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan Productions and Morgan Spurlock’s Cinelan have partnered to produce WE THE ECONOMY 20 Short Films You Can’t Afford to Miss. Each film is helmed by an acclaimed filmmaker, ea...