Jonathan Lethem

As Smart As They Are: The Author Project

Joe Pacheco

Joshua Camp, Michael Hearst

A documentary film tracing the collaboration between One Ring Zero, the Brooklyn house-band for McSweeney's Publishing, and an ensemble cast of award-winning authors, each of whom contributed original lyrics. Author Myla Goldberg torments guest singer Syd Straw with tongue twisting, five star vocabulary words. Paul Auster riffs on the ills of Cincinatti and the Iraq war. The film's title, in fact, comes from the inspired dialogue of a talking cockroach.

Syl Johnson: Any Way the Wind Blows

Rob Hatch-Miller

RZA, Снуп Догг

A documentary about the greatest soul singer you've ever heard--even if you've never heard of him.

Hello Hello Hello: Lee Ranaldo, Electric Trim

Lee Ranaldo, Jonathan Lethem

Filmed during dozens of recording sessions, Hello Hello Hello is a story of the creative process - Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth) collaborating with producer Raül Refree, across a year and 3,842 miles with a little help from their friends. Novelist Jonathan Lethem (Motherless Brooklyn, The Fortress of Solitude) plays writer/lyricist/muse to Ranaldo's artist/composer wanderings, across soundscapes created alongside friends and musical guest artists including Nels Cline (Wilco), Sharon Van Etten, Alan Licht, Kid Millions (Oneida), and Steve Shelley (Sonic Youth). Theirs is an unusually intimate and personal process in the creation of Ranaldo's album, Electric Trim (Mute, 2017), a bold, new sound and a lush and striking departure from Ranaldo's signature work.

Writing New York: Lethem

Paolo Cognetti, Giorgio Carella

Jonathan Lethem

The Electric Dreamer: Remembering Philip K. Dick

Charles de Lauzirika

Philip K. Dick, Jonathan Lethem

Friends, family and colleagues of Philip K. Dick remember the life and work of the author of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"

Subversion: Exposing John Carpenter's They Live

Daniel Griffith

Sandy King, Gary B. Kibbe

A brand new retrospective documentary produced by Ballyhoo Motion Pictures and featuring interviews with Associate producer Sandy King, cinematographer Gary Kibbe, actor Peter Jason, actor Robert Grasmere, composer Alan Howarth, stunt coordinator/Ghoul Jeff Imada, author Jonathan Letham, music historian Daniel Schweiger, Blumhouse editor Rebekah McKendry, and visual effects historian Justin Humphreys.