Ryan Trecartin Movies
- 2013
Center Jenny
Center Jenny72013HD
The film focuses on the life of Jenny who has, according to many of the other characters, become too “left-of-center” while pursuing her...
- 2009
Sibling Topics (Section A)
Sibling Topics (Section A)102009HD
Trecartin returns to his conception of family-as-business-enterprise, casting parent figures as managers and executives on one end of the spectrum,...
- 2010
Temp Stop
Temp Stop62010HD
Temp Stop, as the title implies, has a disjunctive quality that separates it from the other parts of Re'Search Wait'S. As if emanating from the...
- 2005
A Family Finds Entertainment
A Family Finds Entertainment6.22005HD
Ryan Trecartin’s film A Family Finds Entertainment is a camp extravaganza of epic proportions. Starring Trecartin’s family and friends,...
- 2007
I-Be Area
I-Be Area5.82007HD
Dazzling and raucous, Ryan Trecartin's first feature-length video takes cues from chat rooms, social networking web sites, YouTube, John Waters, and...
- 2010
P.opular S.ky (section-ish)
P.opular S.ky (section-ish)02010HD
In P.opular S.ky (section ish), a character played by Trecartin informs us that she wants ‘to live in a world where narration is the...
- 2009
K-CoreaINC. K (section a)
K-CoreaINC. K (section a)02009HD
The video revolves around an unending "meeting" - a busy, aimless meeting that goes in circles to evade a traditional narrative arc. The meeting is...
- 2016
Mark Trade
Mark Trade02016HD
Shot in 2013 - In 'honor, of cause fake news - less gravity here - don't bird watch with a gun - remember your dreams before they remember you : the...
- 2010
The Re'Search (Re'Search Wait'S)
The Re'Search (Re'Search Wait'S)52010HD
The movie is actual market research collected by Wait for Y-Ready. It doubles as the site of Wait's vacation, as well as echoed versions of scenarios...
- 2010
Ready
Ready02010HD
In Ready, Wait, played by Trecartin, is introduced as the eponymous figure of the series. Wait waits. He forsakes a "career" in favor of a "job," the...
- 2006
(Tommy-Chat Just E-mailed Me.)
(Tommy-Chat Just E-mailed Me.)4.32006HD
Trecartin describes (Tommy-Chat Just E-mailed Me.) as a "narrative video short that takes place inside and outside of an e-mail." Trecartin's intense...
- 2003
Wayne's World
Wayne's World02003HD
Trecartin and his collaborator/co-star Lizzie Fitch ponder the messages delivered by the most banal forms of mass media and pop culture in their own...
- 2024
Spirit Riser
Spirit Riser02024HD
Two sisters are thrown out of their isolation and onto opposite coasts of America by a terrifying cosmic entity. On their quest to reunite they...
- 2019
Plot Front
Plot Front02019HD
A delirious movie installed inside a ghostly barn made with prefabricated materials. The oscillatory movement of the rocking chairs on which...
- 2015
Yielders Path
Yielders Path02015HD
The video displays Fitch and Trecartin's signature style of ludicrous cut-scenes and ironic hyperbole. “Yielders Path” also features...
- 2020
Panderson Heights
Panderson Heights02020HD
Colony Panderson and Reverse Stacy take watch tower knocks.
- 2013
Comma Boat
Comma Boat02013HD
In Comma Boat, we're stuck in a mock-authoritarian fantasy--a power trip. The film centers around a director-character played by Trecartin who...
- 2016
Temple Time
Temple Time02016HD
Shot in a former Masonic temple in Los Angeles – a five-story warren of large, cavernous rooms akin to a windowless convention center –...
- 2001
Belly's
Belly's02001HD
This rare collection of Ryan Trecartin's early short films, produced as a student at the Rhode Island School of Design, showcase the artist's...
- 2010
Roamie View: History Enhancement
Roamie View: History Enhancement72010HD
Roamie View: History Enhancement reveals JJ as a husk of his former self, overwhelmed by too many experimental personalities and reverted to factory...