Beast With Five Fingers (1946) Film & Video. The following films are presented for educational and non-commercial use only. All copyrights belong to the artists. About UbuWeb Film & Video UbuWeb is pleased to present thousands of avant-garde films & videos for your viewing pleasure. However, it is important to us that you realize that what you will see is in no way comparable to the experience of seeing these gems as they were intended to be seen: in a dark room, on a large screen, with a good sound system and, most importantly, with a roomful of warm, like-minded bodies. However, we realize that the real thing isn't very easy to get to. Most of us don't live anywhere near theatres that show this kind of fare and very few of us can afford the hefty rental fees, not to mention the cumbersome equipment, to show these films.
We realize that the films we are presenting are of poor quality. UbuWeb. A Bucket Of Blood (1959, Roger Corman) Best Movies of 2012. These are the years of radical cinema in all directions—extremely idiosyncratic efforts both in the lower-budget realms of independent filmmaking and in the mercantile reaches of franchise films—and 2012 has been a wild ride, even as, in “awards season,” much of the wildest work around gets pushed to the sidelines and surprisingly unsurprising films of mild invention but ostensibly important content rush to the forefront of critical appreciation. Most of the best Hollywood films came out early—long before the gate was lifted on the quasi-officially titled batch of Oscarizables that will slug it out between now and February, pumped like Rock’em Sock’em Robots by the pushes and tugs and twitches and exhortations of the studios and publicists that send them to do battle.
A few of the late-year entries, however, are notable, even excellent. (Some are on my list below.) 2012 has been a good year for Hollywood and off-Hollywood. But there’s a poignant paradox at work. 1-2. 3. 4-5. “Bernie” Adbusters - The Production of Meaning (2006) (2006)