L.A. friends, NOW INSTANT is graciously hosting a mini retrospective of my directorial work from 2011-2023 (minus the features). Please come out: now-instant.la/events/an-eve…
I do feel weird promoting stuff like this (rest assured!) but the act of being a filmmaker is getting form rejection letters like 20x a year and it gets tougher the more you do and the older you get so 🤷
"ANA (1982) has great power and great beauty. A great conviction... António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro are aware of many secrets that they share with others." -Robert Kramer
L.A. premiere of a brand-new 4K restoration at Now Instant Image Hall on 6/10.
You are cordially invited to “the most thrilling party of the year.”
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HARLEM. Conceived and filmed by genre-defying filmmaker William Greaves. Directed by David Greaves. In select theaters October 16.
Very glad more people are starting to see one of the great gems of 2026: Rob Rice's "Ponderosa". I'm honored to call Rob a friend, and I spoke with him a few weeks ago about the film for my newsletter. Take a look! chriscassingham.substack.com…
This week: DEBUT, OR, OBJECTS OF THE FIELD OF DEBRIS AS CURRENTLY CATALOGUED a film by JULIAN CASTRONOVO. 2025. 78 min.
An aspiring filmmaker uncovers a mystery involving a Chinese art forger in this ingenious techno-noir.
For one week on lecinemaclub.com.
You know that culture is dead because no one successfully reckons with phones in film and literature. It’s like having westerns without the railroad. Phones and phone culture should be what 90% of movies and books are about.
My friend made a fucking hilarious pitch after we watched Obsession, where he was like “Can you imagine Norm McDonald telling the plot of this movie on Conan, as a story that happened to him?” And I can and it would be incredible.