Jim McBride

Films

David Holzman's Diary

David Holzman's Diary

Dir. Jim McBride
(1967)    73 minutes

Jim McBride's brilliant cinéma vérité-esque independent film follows the titular character as he documents his life.

My Girlfriend's Wedding

My Girlfriend's Wedding

Dir. Jim McBride
(1969)    62 minutes

Jim McBride followed his wildly inventive debut, DAVID HOLZMAN'S DIARY, with this thought-provoking documentary about his then-girlfriend, Clarissa Ainley, and her 'marriage of convenience' to another man.

Glen and Randa

Glen and Randa

Dir. Jim McBride
(1970)    93 minutes

Independent filmmaker Jim McBride follows a hedonistic, innocent young couple as they roam the post-apocalyptic world in search of a fabled, unspoiled city of dreams.

Pictures from Life's Other Side

Pictures from Life's Other Side

Dir. Jim McBride
(1971)    46 minutes

Director Jim McBride and his then-girlfriend Clarissa venture across the United States by automobile, documenting their expedition and themselves along the way.

My Son's Wedding to My Sister-in-Law

My Son's Wedding to My Sister-in-Law

Dir. Jim McBride
(2008)    9 minutes

In essence an extension of MY GIRLFRIEND'S WEDDING, the thematically related MY SON'S WEDDING TO MY SISTER-IN-LAW allows Jim McBride to take the “diary film” genre and turn it inside-out. Then he inverts it again.

Recent Reviews

Glen and Randa

Fascinating as a perspective on how the peace love and understanding hippy culture of the early 70s might conceive of a post apocalypse world. Glen and Randa are guileless feckless...


David Holzman's Diary

Engrossing and fascinating film exploring the elusiveness of truth and the endless fecundity of self-observation and performance. One of my all-time favorites now for sure.


David Holzman's Diary

There are many firsts in the world and this film is one of them. It is rough, as intended, and wonderful. A 'true' glimpse of Mr Holzman's psyche.