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Yvonne Rainer Filmography

Poster of What Is Cinema?

What Is Cinema? (2013)

"What is Cinema?" embarks on an evocative exploration of the cinematic realm, probing its past,...

Poster of Madame X: An Absolute Ruler

Madame X: An Absolute Ruler (1977)

Several women, all bored with their menial lives, join a lesbian pirate ship and set...

Poster of Privilege

Privilege (1990)

Privilege is an intelligently conceived, boldly anarchic, and wickedly insightful exposition on the culturally ingrained...

Poster of Film About a Woman Who…

Film About a Woman Who… (1974)

Rainer's landmark film is a meditation on ambivalence that plays with cliche and the conventions...

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The Man Who Envied Women (1985)

A broken marriage, artists' housing in New York, and Central American politics, director Yvonne Rainer...

Poster of Lives of Performers

Lives of Performers (1972)

A stark and revealing examination of romantic alliances, "Lives of Performers" examines the dilemma of...