John Magary
Directing
Biography
Magary grew up in Dallas, Texas.
Known For

A grief-stricken cantor in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student. The two forlorn souls develop a special connection.
Between the Temples

A failed filmmaker turned single dad tries to make a living while retaining his sense of self, in James N. Kienitz Wilkins’ experimental 3D-rendered home renovation comedy, which doubles as an acidic treatise on working conditions for the contemporary creative.
The Misconceived

After a young Swedish perfumer is stung by a jellyfish in the South of France, an attractive older man comes to her aid.
Medusa

98-year-old Joy Kane, a music teacher and ex-dancer, shares stories and plays piano with her daughter Carol. Their afternoon together reveals artistic lives, family bonds, and their paths across two centuries.
Carol & Joy

A sixty-something mother and her two adult sons cope and move onward following the death of their larger-than-life father/husband.
Love After Love

Mat and Alan, estranged brothers, reunite just before Alan leaves for a vacation with his girlfriend. When he returns sooner than expected without his girlfriend, Alan finds Mat and his family have moved into his apartment.
The Mend

Caterina was born in South America but lives in New York. Her willingness to make close emotional connections to others is as much of a burden as it is a gift.
Caterina

This video journal of the film's production features unseen on-set footage of the cast and crew. A part of the Criterion Collection release of Marriage Story.
The Making of "Marriage Story"

Gina, an American flight attendant, falls in with a Parisian bartender on a layover only to find herself tangled in a web of deception, delusion and unrequited amour fou.
Thirst Street

In Myna Joseph’s deft depiction of a woman fiercely determined to get by on her own terms, Lu Simon (Lucy Owen) is a thirty-something struggling actor navigating day jobs and errands across the city, while juggling negotiations with an unhelpful hospital billing department.
Fit Model

Two grown brothers return home for their widowed mother's birthday, only to find themselves competing with a strange man for her affection.
Rolling on the Floor Laughing
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Ghosts
A young environmental activist finds her ideology tested in a forest on the verge of being clearcut.
Monkeywrench
An educational film that compares and contrasts the life of a monkey from Bali with the life of a man from New York.
Monkey and Man

This short film evokes the COVID-19 pandemic’s hemorrhaging of our normalcy while paying homage to Martin Scorsese’s 1967 short, “The Big Shave.”
The Big Trim

After MacArthur's savings are stolen from his FEMA trailer, he and his cousin Natt take work gutting a house.