James N. Kienitz Wilkins Movies
- 2024
Invention
Invention02024HD
In the aftermath of a conspiracy-minded father’s sudden death, his daughter inherits his patent for an experimental healing device. Featuring...
- 2014
Special Features
Special Features02014HD
Special Features is an apparent interview with three highlights. Presented as a lo-fi fragment from a forgotten video production, an interviewee...
- 2018
Notes on an Appearance
Notes on an Appearance5.32018HD
A young man disappears amid talk of violence and demagoguery, leaving behind an obscure cache of letters, postcards, and notebooks.
- 2016
Indefinite Pitch
Indefinite Pitch5.72016HD
A procession of black-and-silvery-white stills of New England’s Androscoggin River unspools alongside an anxious monologue on movies, memory,...
- 2019
The Plagiarists
The Plagiarists5.12019HD
A young couple is shaken by a seemingly fraudulent yet unprovable act that strikes to the core of their cultural pretensions.
- 2023
Still Film
Still Film72023HD
An ode to movie culture and its beguiling hold on our imagination, modeled on an actual legal deposition, and accompanied by a procession of 35mm...
- 2019
This Action Lies
This Action Lies02019HD
This Action Lies is a movie about the limits of observation, about staring very hard at something while listening to something else. It is a paranoid...
- 2017
The Republic
The Republic52017HD
An epic story about a group of American libertarians told in a unique manner, as both an audio performance and an experimental film. The piece...
- 2007
Nature Mature
Nature Mature52007HD
A ghostly militia of lookalikes gradually lose their menace.
- 2016
TESTER
TESTER9.6672016HD
A private eye type guy recounts a tricky case, set against the unedited duration of a found BetaSP tape.
- 2016
Occupations
Occupations02016HD
A portrait of an actor-turned-occupational-therapist, set to music performed by the filmmaker’s mother in her side job as a church organist.
- 2012
Public Hearing
Public Hearing6.72012HD
Public Hearing is the verbatim re-performance of a rural American town meeting from a transcript downloaded as publicly available information. Shot...
- 2002
LEWISTON
LEWISTON102002HD
The movie arose out of our sparetime as teenagers with fresh driver’s licenses and cobbled-together camera gear, wandering around a tired and...
- 2017
Mediums
Mediums02017HD
Mediums is a medium-length film, shot all in medium shots.
- 2016
B-ROLL with Andre
B-ROLL with Andre52016HD
An anonymous and mediated testimonial about one man's dangerous dream.
- 2018
Kodak
Kodak02018HD
A semi-biographical fiction inspired by his father’s work at one of Kodak’s first processing labs, Wilson’s speculative gloss on...
- 2024
Moon V. State
Moon V. State02024HD
A girl recollects a boy named Moon.
- 2017
Desert of the Real
Desert of the Real02017HD
Composer and filmmaker Christian von Borries' new film Desert of the real visits these contemporary wastelands. In a rich collage of acted scenes and...
- 2006
Anarchist King
Anarchist King02006HD
Mallard Gibson and Singuz Gumpfree have disowned the society of men: they have instead long conversations with a hare named Jackrabbit, with whom...
- 2021
Best Year Ever
Best Year Ever02021HD
In the children’s book Best Busy Year Ever by Richard Scarry, the hustle and bustle of a city is captured through colorful illustrations. Using...