Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
A study of the Group Theatre, a company that changed the face of American drama. The Group was founded in 1931 by Cheryl Crawford, Harold Clurman...
See moreFirst Cousin Once Removed
Filmmaker Alan Berliner documents his first cousin, the poet-translator Edwin Honig, as he succumbs to Alzheimer's.
See moreSilent Men
Part road trip, part coming-of-middle-age tale, Cowles’ laconic humour and frank approach to his subject proves effective in exploring aspects of...
See moreNobody's Business
Director Alan Berliner takes on his reclusive father as the reluctant subject of this affecting and graceful study of family history and memory...
See moreLine
Cars, trucks pedestrians and the line they cross over, by and through.
See moreWide Awake
Filmmaker Alan Berliner chronicles his lifelong battle with insomnia in this intimate documentary. The cameras roll as he tries to quiet his overly...
See moreLetter to the Editor
Independent filmmaker Alan Berliner considers the power of photography and what may be lost as daily newspapers face extinction, in this...
See moreThe Sweetest Sound
Alan Berliner uses the internet to track down 12 men who share his surname, and invites them over for dinner in New York.
See moreThe Family Album
THE FAMILY ALBUM is a one-hour experimental documentary film utilizing a vast collection of rare 16mm home movies from the 1920s through the 1950s....
See moreFilmmakers Unite (FU)
Translating Edwin Honig: A Poet's Alzheimer
Alan Berliner has been chronicling the final years of his friend, cousin, and former mentor, Edwin Honig - distinguished poet, translator, critic...
See moreEverywhere at Once
A symphony of found footage scenes, each shot loosely connected to the one before.
See moreIntimate Stranger
A documentary about the director's maternal grandfather.
See moreCity Edition
City Edition immerses us in a lived experience of the fourth estate, beginning with the print-run and purchase of a single issue of the New York...
See morePatent Pending
A student film by a fledgling master––a single-shot "research report" on Berliner's experiences as the Harpur College Film Society projectionist.
See morePerimeter
Relentless camera movements over a busy urban intersection, following the lines of force.
See moreNatural History
"From there to here...from then to now. The soundtrack feature 33 frogs, 22 birds, lion growls, bomb whistles, a heartbeat and the chromatic scale."
See moreMyth in the Electric Age
"...Berliner's film which talks about nature, culture, and technology impresses through its outstanding classical editing technique...Berliner...
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