The Rosses discuss how performance, accessibility, empathy, and nostalgia figure into their work.
It’s in certain characters’ trajectories that the Ross brothers locate the tragic soul of the bar.
The Rosses share David Byrne’s interest in the minutiae of habitats and the comforting enclosure they provide.
Here’s a concert film that’s as fixated on backstage interactions as it is on the live performances themselves.
The filmmakers demonstrate a mastery at conveying the character of a setting with minimal exposition.
Both films beautifully portray youthful exuberance in American landscapes that are changing as quickly as the films’ adolescent subjects.
Bill and Turner Ross’s Tchoupitoulas is a richly impressionistic evocation of the sights, sounds, and personalities of New Orleans at nighttime.
Tchoupitoulas could also be described as a work of nonjudgmental portraiture, but that wouldn’t come close to encapsulating its beauties.
The film is crafted with love for everything from raindrops on a windshield to a cheesy Elvis impersonator.