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Director: Jonathan Demme

Cousin Bobby

Directed by Jonathan Demme

In Cousin Bobby, Demme introduces us to his cousin Reverend Robert Castle, an Episcopalian minister who worked within the African …

Melvin and Howard

Directed by Jonathan Demme

Demme’s fifth feature and first major critical success is a film dealing with the peculiarities of American lower-middle-class life that …

Stop Making Sense

Directed by Jonathan Demme

Thirty years after its release, Demme’s extraordinary Talking Heads concert movie, filmed over the course of three days at Hollywood’s …

Swimming To Cambodia

Directed by Jonathan Demme

“It would be wrong to think of Swimming to Cambodia as a one-man show, even though it captures the performance …

The Agronomist

Directed by Jonathan Demme

Jonathan Demme’s career as a feature filmmaker was paralleled by personal documentaries focusing on music and human rights, with a …

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