Jonathan Raymond

An artist on the verge of a career-changing exhibition navigates family, friends and colleagues in the lead-up to her show and finds that the chaos of life becomes the inspiration for more great art.

Tom Chen, an affluent Chinese American, decides to celebrate the anniversary of his divorce with a dinner party. When his intended guests cancel, he impulsively invites the two Mexican day laborers, Javier and Diego, who are working in his yard, to join him instead. But as the three men are settling into the evening, finding connections and differences in their respective American stories, two of Tom’s original guests show up after all, and the resulting clash of cultures and beliefs takes the evening to new heights—and depths—of desire, hedonism, and conflict.

Tom Chen, an affluent Chinese American, decides to celebrate the anniversary of his divorce with a dinner party. When his intended guests cancel, he impulsively invites the two Mexican day laborers, Javier and Diego, who are working in his yard, to join him instead. But as the three men are settling into the evening, finding connections and differences in their respective American stories, two of Tom’s original guests show up after all, and the resulting clash of cultures and beliefs takes the evening to new heights—and depths—of desire, hedonism, and conflict.

Behind the scenes of the creation of Kelly Reichardt's First Cow

Em 1820, um cozinheiro solitário e habilidoso viaja para o território do Oregon, onde conhece um imigrante chinês que também busca criar sua fortuna. Logo, eles se unem em um perigoso esquema para roubar leite de uma estimada vaca local – a primeira e única em todo o território.

Em 1820, um cozinheiro solitário e habilidoso viaja para o território do Oregon, onde conhece um imigrante chinês que também busca criar sua fortuna. Logo, eles se unem em um perigoso esquema para roubar leite de uma estimada vaca local – a primeira e única em todo o território.

Três ativistas ambientais radicais trabalham juntos para executar o protesto mais intenso de suas vidas: explodir uma barragem hidrelétrica de Oregon – a fonte e símbolo da cultura industrial devoradora de recursos que desprezam. Mas esse ato de terrorismo ambiental levanta muitas questões morais.

A married mother of two, unexpectedly pregnant with her third child, answers the phone to hear a voice from her distant past, reconnecting with the central, though neglected, emotional anchor in her life. In the span of an 80-minute conversation, the two test the strength of a deep yet betrayed, love.

Em 1845, durante os primeiros dias do Oregon Trail, uma caravana de três famílias contrata Stephen Meek para guiá-las através da Cordilheira das Cascatas. Alegando conhecer um atalho, Meek leva o grupo por uma trilha desconhecida através do deserto das altas planícies.

Wendy está dirigindo com sua cachorra Lucy para o Alasca, na esperança de um verão de trabalho lucrativo na fábrica de conservas de peixe. Quando o carro dela quebra em Oregon, sua delicada situação financeira se desfaz, e ela enfrenta uma série de desafios cada vez mais terríveis.

Wendy está dirigindo com sua cachorra Lucy para o Alasca, na esperança de um verão de trabalho lucrativo na fábrica de conservas de peixe. Quando o carro dela quebra em Oregon, sua delicada situação financeira se desfaz, e ela enfrenta uma série de desafios cada vez mais terríveis.

Dois velhos amigos, Kurt e Mark, se reúnem para um acampamento de fim de semana na cordilheira das Cascatas, a leste de Portland, Oregon. Quando chegam ao destino final, uma fonte termal nas profundezas da floresta, eles devem enfrentar os caminhos divergentes que tomaram na vida.

A chronicle of a day in the life of a Palestinian cab driver in Los Angeles, DRIVING TO ZIGZIGLAND, portrays the social struggle of the Arab immigrant in post-9/11 America. A film audition typecasts Bashar to play an Al Qaeda terrorist role. The utilities are due and Bashar has twenty-four hours to make the money. For the remaining hours left until tomorrow, an unceasing flow of passengers ride in Bashar's taxi and give the Arab cabbie the run around on issues that deal with suicide bombers, George Bush, Cat Stevens, the war in Iraq, music, and world geography. Bashar's quest to make the money is won until he realizes he has to choose between the Department of Homeland Security and his family.

Jon Raymond’s 1997 piece Battles on the Astral Plane, a clever mocking of the popular Mortal Kombat video game that shows Raymond’s crafty, self-effacing wit that can still be found in his books and screenplays (Wendy and Lucy, Meek’s Cutoff, Livability).

Jon Raymond’s 1997 piece Battles on the Astral Plane, a clever mocking of the popular Mortal Kombat video game that shows Raymond’s crafty, self-effacing wit that can still be found in his books and screenplays (Wendy and Lucy, Meek’s Cutoff, Livability).