James N. Kienitz Wilkins Movies

  • 2024
    Invention

    Invention

    Invention

    02024HD

    In the aftermath of a conspiracy-minded father’s sudden death, his daughter inherits his patent for an experimental healing device. Featuring...

    Invention
  • 2018
    Notes on an Appearance

    Notes on an Appearance

    Notes on an Appearance

    5.32018HD

    A young man disappears amid talk of violence and demagoguery, leaving behind an obscure cache of letters, postcards, and notebooks.

    Notes on an Appearance
  • 2019
    The Plagiarists

    The Plagiarists

    The Plagiarists

    5.12019HD

    A young couple is shaken by a seemingly fraudulent yet unprovable act that strikes to the core of their cultural pretensions.

    The Plagiarists
  • 2023
    Still Film

    Still Film

    Still Film

    72023HD

    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...

    Still Film
  • 2017
    Desert of the Real

    Desert of the Real

    Desert of the Real

    02017HD

    Composer and filmmaker Christian von Borries' new film Desert of the real visits these contemporary wastelands. In a rich collage of acted scenes and...

    Desert of the Real
  • 2012
    Public Hearing

    Public Hearing

    Public Hearing

    6.72012HD

    Public Hearing is the verbatim re-performance of a rural American town meeting from a transcript downloaded as publicly available information. Shot...

    Public Hearing
  • 2007
    Nature Mature

    Nature Mature

    Nature Mature

    52007HD

    A ghostly militia of lookalikes gradually lose their menace.

    Nature Mature
  • 2024
    Moon V. State

    Moon V. State

    Moon V. State

    02024HD

    A girl recollects a boy named Moon.

    Moon V. State
  • 2016
    Indefinite Pitch

    Indefinite Pitch

    Indefinite Pitch

    5.72016HD

    A procession of black-and-silvery-white stills of New England’s Androscoggin River unspools alongside an anxious monologue on movies, memory,...

    Indefinite Pitch
  • 2016
    TESTER

    TESTER

    TESTER

    9.6672016HD

    A private eye type guy recounts a tricky case, set against the unedited duration of a found BetaSP tape.

    TESTER
  • 2017
    The Republic

    The Republic

    The Republic

    52017HD

    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...

    The Republic
  • 2021
    Best Year Ever

    Best Year Ever

    Best Year Ever

    02021HD

    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...

    Best Year Ever
  • 2016
    B-ROLL with Andre

    B-ROLL with Andre

    B-ROLL with Andre

    52016HD

    An anonymous and mediated testimonial about one man's dangerous dream.

    B-ROLL with Andre
  • 2019
    This Action Lies

    This Action Lies

    This Action Lies

    02019HD

    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...

    This Action Lies
  • 2016
    Occupations

    Occupations

    Occupations

    02016HD

    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.

    Occupations
  • 2002
    LEWISTON

    LEWISTON

    LEWISTON

    102002HD

    The movie arose out of our sparetime as teenagers with fresh driver’s licenses and cobbled-together camera gear, wandering around a tired and...

    LEWISTON
  • 2006
    Anarchist King

    Anarchist King

    Anarchist King

    02006HD

    Mallard Gibson and Singuz Gumpfree have disowned the society of men: they have instead long conversations with a hare named Jackrabbit, with whom...

    Anarchist King
  • 2014
    Special Features

    Special Features

    Special Features

    02014HD

    Special Features is an apparent interview with three highlights. Presented as a lo-fi fragment from a forgotten video production, an interviewee...

    Special Features
  • 2018
    Kodak

    Kodak

    Kodak

    02018HD

    A semi-biographical fiction inspired by his father’s work at one of Kodak’s first processing labs, Wilson’s speculative gloss on...

    Kodak
  • 2017
    Common Carrier

    Common Carrier

    Common Carrier

    02017HD

    In this kaleidoscopic portrait, a screenwriter, an actor, an urban shaman, and the director himself contend with the everyday annoyances that fill...

    Common Carrier