Miranda July

Fire of Love

A doomed love triangle between intrepid French scientists Katia and Maurice Krafft, and their beloved volcanoes.

Path of Wellness

A spoof weekly news and entertainment program. This week's guest is musical group, Sleater-Kinney.

150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement

A Woman Watches People.

Nichols Canyon Road

A short film inspired by David Hockney’s painting Nichols Canyon (1980).

July Interviews July: Deauville, 2005

Director Miranda July took a new video camera to the 2005 Deauville American Film Festival in France, which she was invited to attend with ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW. Criterion discovered the footage she shot there in July’s archives and edited it for this release. Presented here, it offers a glimpse into July’s capacity to turn any occasion into an opportunity for artistic expression.

Miranda July: Where it Began

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 feature film, ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW.

Open to the World

Miranda July looks back at her Artangel project, an interfaith charity shop that opened up unannounced inside one of the world's most famous department stores in August 2017. Situated on the third floor of Selfridges, London, surrounded by designer boutiques, this shop was run and staffed jointly by four religious charities invited by July: Islamic Relief, Jewish charity Norwood, London Buddhist Centre and Spitalfields Crypt Trust.

Madeline's Madeline

Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her rich interior world and troubled history with her mother into their collective art, the lines between performance and reality begin to blur. The resulting battle between imagination and appropriation rips out of the rehearsal space and through all three women's lives.

Half the Picture

At a pivotal moment for gender equality in Hollywood, successful women directors talk about their art, lives and careers.

Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk

Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk spans over 30 years of the California Bay Area’s punk music history with a central focus on the emergence of the inspiring 924 Gilman Street collective. This diverse group of artists, writers, organizers and musicians created a do-it-yourself petri dish that changed the punk scene... and the world at large.

Somebody

Have you ever found it impossible to say something, face to face, to someone you know, someone you love? The words just won’t come out? New messaging service, Somebody, could help.

The Future

When a couple decides to adopt a stray cat their perspective on life changes radically, literally altering the course of time and space and testing their faith in each other and themselves.

Ewan McGregor and Mike Mills in San Francisco

A clip from Mike Mills, Beginners' director, at the San Francisco Film Festival during the premiere night and visiting the Golden Gate Bridge

!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution

Through intimate interviews, provocative art, and rare, historical film and video footage, this feature documentary reveals how art addressing political consequences of discrimination and violence, the Feminist Art Revolution radically transformed the art and culture of our times.

Joanie 4 Jackie: A Quick Overview

A documentary about the origins of Miranda July's "Big Miss Moviola" project, later renamed "Joanie 4 Jackie."

Me and You and Everyone We Know

Single dad Richard meets Christine, a starving artist who moonlights as a cabbie. They awkwardly attempt to start a romance, but Richard’s divorce has left him emotionally damaged. Meanwhile, Richard’s sons—one a teenager, the other 6-years-old—take part in clumsy experiments with the opposite sex.

Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody?

A man with a clipboard asks passersby a survey question: "Are you the favorite person of anybody?" He has a scale, from "very certain" on down. His manner is open. He offers oranges to one respondent. He talks, one at a time, to three people. Their answers, however brief, are revealing.

The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal

Graffiti removal: the act of removing tags and graffiti by painting over them. Subconscious art: a product of artistic merit that was created without conscious artistic intentions. It is no coincidence that funding for "anti-graffiti" campaigns often outweighs funding for the arts. Graffiti removal has subverted the common obstacles blocking creative expression and become one of the more intriguing and important art movements of our time.

Nest of Tens

Four alternating stories about mundane, personal methods of control. Children and a developmentally disabled adult operate control panels made out of paper, lists, monsters and their own bodies.

Jesus' Son

A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.

The Amateurist

A woman observes another woman on a surveillance camera and describes her actions, with no other interaction between them.

She's Real (Worse than Queer)

A document of the Riot Grrrl and Queercore scene in the 1990s, the film has been screened at film festivals around the world, written about in zines and academic books and has been included in the curriculum of a number of university courses.

Atlanta

A 12 year-old Olympic swimmer and her mother (both played by July) speak to the public about “going for the gold”.

The Swan Tool

In The Swan Tool, video artist Miranda July combines video, performance, music and helium in a 'live film' about a woman who works for an insurance company. The story unites the earthly and bizarre with a surprising humour and unusual clarity. Lisa (played by July) cannot decide whether she wants to live or die. She digs a hole in her garden and buries herself. Then she tries to carry on with her life, but the thing she left behind in the garden just won't die and she can't forget it either. July finds herself literally in the film; she amalgamates with the medium when she stands between the two screens and, for instance, 'moves' a chair with her hand. The video images vary from photo-realism to abstract amorphous colour combinations. The live accompaniment by DJ Zac Love adds a third dimension to this complex story.