Movies: Matthew Rankin

This micro-epic short film is an inspired tribute to visionary avant-garde composer Walter Boudreau: his life, work, mischief, and boundless artistic curiosity. Both a documentary biopic and a wildly abstract hallucination, the film conceives of Walt...

Only the electrifying courage and love of Québec nationalism can save the citizens of Winnipeg from committing mass suicide....

Self-portrait of the filmmaker seen through the mystical postmodern prism of Iranian cinema...

A found-footage followup to Kubasa in a Glass...

Another chapter of the 16mm dreamwave micro-hallucinations in National Parks across Canada....

16mm dreamwave micro-hallucinations in National Parks across Canada....

On a moonlit street corner, a Parisian waif sits dejectedly on a doorstep, mournfully clutching a dogless leash....

An examination of Rory Lepine, who sent Winnipeg into a frenzy when he beat local legend Burton Cummings with a beer bottle in a 7-Eleven in 1985...

A demented parody of the Canadian government....

A man confronts painful memories of a love affair now over. But he is perplexed by the appearance of a disgusting creature that he just can't get rid of. But can one really release oneself from the abominable things that haunt us?...

Artistic rivalry infects the Winnipeg public service. Strong words are uttered, regretted, retracted....

An experimental montage of the exteriors of apartment buildings...

Matthew spends Mother’s Day in his mom’s house slowly deleting her voicemails....