Movies by Reed Birney

The Forty-Year-Old Version

The Forty-Year-Old Version

Desperate for a breakthrough as she nears the big 4-0, struggling New York City playwright Radha finds inspiration by reinventing herself as a rapper.

Jackrabbit

Jackrabbit

Following a worldwide event known as The Reset, humanity rebuilds a society with aging mechanics where gleaming technology once stood. Surveillance now the status quo, society is slowly putting its shattered pieces back together under a watchful eye. After a friend’s suicide leaves behind a mysterious computer drive, a young computer prodigy and a shadowy hacker join together to decipher the clues that he’s left behind. The youthful creators of Jackrabbit have successfully constructed a world, which we haven’t previously seen on film. Mixing...

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by the final difficult years. Includes some of the most celebrated scenes from film adaptations of Williams' work, among them extracts of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951),Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Night of the Iguana, The (1964), and Suddenly, Last Summer (1993) (TV). Contains footage of Williams being interviewed, including conversations with David Frost, 'Edward R. Murrow (I)', and Melvyn Brag...

Mass

Mass

Two couples meet for a painful and raw conversation in the aftermath of a violent tragedy.

Asynchronous

Asynchronous

A cancer-stricken professor becomes dangerously obsessed with the town's mayor.

The Trey Billings Show

The Trey Billings Show

A late-night cable access show goes to hell!

Karen Black Like Me

Karen Black Like Me

David Briggs' Karen Black Like Me is a weirdly funny homage to the 70s cult classic Trilogy of Terror.

Not a Pretty Picture

Not a Pretty Picture

Mixing narrative and documentary, the film retells a 16 year old girl's experience of a date rape.