Mommy Issues
From Norma Bates to Natalia Akerman, mothers have loomed large in the history (and herstory) of cinema; whether warm or wicked, nurturing or nagging, their presence is primal, poignant, and freighted with psychic baggage for filmmaker and audience alike. By way of tribute to their earthly burden, we present a series of films about mothers in all of their wonderful, complicated multiplicity, lovingly crafted by an eclectic group of artists who will variously make you laugh, cry and squirm—with or without maternal accompaniment. Happy Mother’s Day!
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Momma's Man
Leaving November 1
Directed by Azazel Jacobs | 99 mins | 2008
After two delicate, scrappy features that made him a filmmaker to watch ("Nobody Needs to Know" and "The Good Times Kid"), Azazel Jacobs delivered a small-scale treasure that quickly became the standard bearer for a new generation of ... -
Child's Pose
Leaving November 1
Directed by Peter Neter | 112 mins | 2013
Winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, "Child’s Pose" offers a scathing indictment of corruption in contemporary Romanian society in the tale of a wealthy mother willing to do anything in order to protect her wastrel so... -
Finding Christa
Leaving November 1
Directed by Camille Billops and James Hatch | 55 mins | 1991
An affecting yet unsentimental portrait of motherhood, Camille Billops’s collaboration with husband James Hatch captures her reunion with the daughter she was forced to give up for adoption in 1961, combining candid ...
