Mike Kuchar Movies

...What once was for him "real," is now but a "dream," --for the day comes when we find ourselves stranded with memories.

An epic tale of love and loss. Made using voicemails the Kuchar brothers left on her home answering machine, the artist reveals George and Mike in...

A ritualistic mood piece with colour-rich images

I Was a Teenage Rumpot was made in 1960, when George and Mike, the twin brothers Kuchar, were all of eighteen years old. Though their films would...

This film powerfully documents New York City's gay community's response to the AIDS crisis as they are forced to organize themselves after the...

A shady motel manager becomes obsessed with a neglected wife.

It is believed that Life originated in the Sea, and like the Ocean itself, human existance is thus subject to tides and surging currents of emotions...

Nymphs and Satyrs are conjured back into activity when poetry is recited and fluffy clouds sail above the contemporary, domestic landscape.

A kaleidoscopic concoction done with improvising actors.

Many a man has tried to leave the prison of his hide; it's no "paradise" living in skin!

A tender and realistic story of a scientist who falls in love with a mummy he has restored to life.

There is a garden in the dark hunger of his psyche where forbidden fruit grows.

"A film counterpointing the hard reality of the present with the fantastic actuality or imagining of the idyllic past. This is best realized in the...

A short comedy by Curt McDowell. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.

Although too long by half, this documentary is subtitled "A Trip Through Lotti's Life" and that is essentially what it is. Although done in a style...

The dialogue for this production, featuring Cupid, is taken from the pages of a personal diary found under a chair.

A contemplative, static walk in the woods.

A ripe lad embarks on a raw correspondence with his mirrored image, and thus: the dialogue is "fleshed out" to its full potential.

Paint drips and body fluids ooze in this "tell all" and "hide nothing" documentary about two San Francisco males.

Obsessive desire can leave an indelible stain on its victim.