Curt McDowell Movies

A musical revue of lewd routines.

Barbara Hammer’s Audience is a fascinating deep cut from the director’s prodigious filmography. Relatively raw in its design, this 16mm...

"A surreal meditation on a cigarette billboard using a very strange ballerina as an allegory for something or other Indescribably funny." - Seattle...

"In Xmas 1986, George Kuchar’s mother Stella has come to stay with him for the holidays. After a series of dinners with friends, Stella’s...

Willy and Billy attempt to entertain while struggling with their primal urges.

Curt McDowell has a confession for his parents. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.

A vehicle for the talented Mrs. Kathleen Hohalek, as the tenant of the Pyramid Penthouse, with George Kuchar and Bob Hohalek as the burglars, "Slug,"...

Executed by students at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, under the careful supervision of Curt McDowell. Guest appearance by Ainslie Pryor.

A comedic satire of psychological thrillers. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.

Two men hypnotize their roommate and attempt to force him to fall in love.

Curt McDowell relates an idea for a film to Ted Davis. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2016.

Two brothers are stood up and lament through song. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.

Super 8 home movie footage of McDowell's trip home to Indiana, with voice-over by McDowell and Ted Davis.