List of the best Jem Cohen movies: Instrument: Ten Years With the Band Fugazi(1999), Benjamin Smoke(2000), Museum Hours(2012), Counting(2015) ... ...
Documentary
Italy|USA
1999
115 Minutes
Director
Brendan Canty Ian MacKaye Guy Picciotto
A collaboration between filmmaker Jem Cohen and the Washington D.C. band Fugazi, covering the 10 year period of 1987-1996. Far from a traditional documentary, this is a musical document; a ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2000
73 Minutes
Director
Peter Sillen Tim Campion Brian Halloran Coleman Lewis Bill Taft
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This highly unorthodox documentary follows the crooked path of Benjamin (no last name). He lives in a hidden neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia called "Cabbagetown." Drag-queen, speed-freak, ... See full summary »
Drama
Austria|USA
2012
107 Minutes
Director
Mary Margaret O'Hara Bobby Sommer Ela Piplits
When a Vienna museum guard befriends an enigmatic visitor, the grand Kunsthistorisches Art Museum becomes a mysterious crossroads that sparks explorations of their lives, the city, and the ways in which works of art reflect and shape the world.
Documentary
USA
2015
111 Minutes
Director
Fifteen distinct but interconnected chapters, shot in locations from Russia to New York City to Istanbul. Together, these build to a reckoning at the intersection of city symphony, diary, ... See full summary »