Gus Van Sant's Constant Thematic and Cinematic Elements
The differences in these films could not be more blatant, and yet Gus Van Sant has found a way to portray the same messages and use the same techniques in each.

One of rock and roll's seminal poets and iconoclasts is the subject of this documentary that also provides a wealth of song material from John Lennon's days as an ex-Beatle when he made music with wife Yoko Ono in the Plastic Ono Band. As John once sang: There are places I remember ... and people, too. To all of us, John Lennon was one of them.
The differences in these films could not be more blatant, and yet Gus Van Sant has found a way to portray the same messages and use the same techniques in each.
The story of the singer's career in her Sweetener World Tour is told in this featured documentary film.
Hulu's 'Crush' leaves you giddy, light, hopeful, and, yes, all crushed out on the possibility of what? You got it, your next crush.
I came across Urchin by chance and decided to watch it because of the title. It made me think of the spiky animal that lives at the bottom of the ocean, and the old Dickensian novels, where an urchin was an orphaned, homeless child in shaggy and dirty clothes.
The newest Pedro Almodóvar movie, Pain and Glory, focuses on an aging and debilitated filmmaker, Salvador Mallo (played by Antonio Banderas) reflecting on his life in his old age.
An animated short film that never gets old, especially with iconic characters from the Disney series.