Cast: Shirley Clarke

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Shirley Clarke. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Galaxie

1966 · Documentary · 82 min. · United States

Direction Gregory J. Markopoulos

Cast Parker Tyler · Storm De Hirsch · Amy Taubin · Donald Droll

Plot In 1966, Gregory Markopoulos filmed portraits of notable figures in the New York art world, including painters, poets, critics, filmmakers, and choreographers. Markopoulos populated his Galaxie with a remarkable constellation...

8.3

29 votes

8.3

29 votes

Walden: Diaries, Notes and Sketches

1969 · Documentary · 180 min. · United States

Direction Jonas Mekas

Cast Timothy Leary · Ed Emshwiller · Jack Smith · Mario Montez

Plot Poet and hero of the American counter-culture, Jonas Mekas, born in Lithuania in 1922, invented the diary form of film-making. Walden, his first completed diary film, an epic portrait of...

7.8

394 votes

7.8

394 votes

Lions Love

1969 · Movie · 110 min. · France

Direction Agnès Varda

Cast Viva · James Rado · Gerome Ragni · Shirley Clarke

Plot Three actors in Hollywood live and love together. A director comes from New York to make a movie about actors and Hollywood.

6.3

89 votes

6.3

89 votes

Butterfly (S)

1967 · Movie · 4 min. · United States

Direction Wendy Clarke

Cast Shirley Clarke · Wendy Clarke

Plot Experimental short film protesting the Vietnam War. A mother cradles her daughter and they dance together as Brahms' Lullaby alternates with gunshots.

6.3

25 votes

6.3

25 votes

Underground New York

1968 · Documentary · 51 min. · United States

Direction Gideon Bachman

Cast Allen Ginsberg · Shirley Clarke · Adolfas Mekas · Jonas Mekas

Plot A rare behind-the-scenes view of the exploding New York “underground” in the late sixities, a turbulent time and place that was to change American culture forever. A German TV crew,...

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Alien Blood

1990 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Jon Sorensen

Cast Penelope Dudley · Robert Jackson · Rob Campbell · Shirley Clarke

Plot Spoof science fiction. An alien mother and her child are pursued across England by a bunch of incompetent government agents and take refuge in a house full of vampires. Homage...

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Not rated