Mike Kuchar Movies

An eclectic compilation of home movies and early cinematic experiments. Preserved by Anthology Film Archives with support from the National Film...

Like ships in a harbor, men come and go in relationships. But, as one character says to another character who is heartbroken: "You sucked enough...

In a garden of roses and memorabilia from darkest Africa, a man and woman ponder the joy of cooking and the companionship of cats. Goodies for the...

In the depths of night lurks a beautiful fever that heats a man's blood.

An epic tale of love and loss. Made using voicemails the Kuchar brothers left on her home answering machine, the artist reveals George and Mike in...

I Was a Teenage Rumpot was made in 1960, when George and Mike, the twin brothers Kuchar, were all of eighteen years old. Though their films would...

A real and favorite dream of mine, preserved on film to be relived over and over.

A wide-ranging look at pictures I collect on my walls and in my head. A look at pictures I concoct with my students at the San Francisco Art...

Paint drips and body fluids ooze in this "tell all" and "hide nothing" documentary about two San Francisco males.

Futuristic story of Carlos and Ben who fall in love in high school despite the racism and and homophobia. When Fundamentalist forces threaten to take...

His love of Heaven's virtues could not prevent a hunger for God's enticing creatures.

Ripe fruit in sweaty socks; soft eyes, stained and suffering in the origin of consciousness, and a soul needing refrigeration, for it has nearly gone...

Mike Kuchar'ss lyrical portrait of everyday life, from making art to making love, all as the Vietnam War rages.

A "birthday boy's" poetic yearnings on paper translate into a quest for perfection."

"...Talking to Oneself in the mirror when down in the 'mental dumps.'"

A young man's struggle with his sexuality overtakes his life, driving him deep into his subconscious where guilt and fears of physicality chase him...

A tender and realistic story of a scientist who falls in love with a mummy he has restored to life.

Many a man has tried to leave the prison of his hide; it's no "paradise" living in skin!

Enter a shimmering forest and encounter the Pot Boiling turbulence of pre-history tribes in conflict. See sacrificial virgins, volcanoes, knife...

The film combines teenage lust and deranged delinquency to create a cautionary tale for the ages.