All The Ships At Sea
February Arrivals
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1h 3m
Directed by Dan Sallitt | 64 mins | 2004
Loosely inspired by William James’s "The Varieties of Religious Experience," Sallitt’s scintillating sophomore feature revolves around the verbal joustings of two siblings—one a defector from a New Age cult, the other a Catholic theologian—on the topics of belief and transcendence. “Arguably Sallitt’s masterpiece.”—The Village Voice
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Behemoth
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Caterina
Directed by Dan Sallitt | 17 mins | 2019
A sensitive, intimate, episodic character study in miniature, as perfect as a cameo brooch, of the title’s Caterina, played by Agustina Muñoz: an Argentinian quietly observing the rush of life in her adoptive home of New York, her gradual decision to cut t...
