Amos Gutman, Filmmaker

You don't need to know anything about Amos Gutman's films -- radically beautiful portraits of gay men living in the shadows of Israeli society -- to appreciate how Ran Kotzer does them moving justice in this stunning tribute. Kotzer celebrates Gutman (who died of AIDS in 1993) by unraveling and cherishing him, yet save for a brief interview and some on-set shots, Gutman is barely seen or heard on screen. His story is told instead through deftly edited film clips and musings from family and friends that are never utilitarian -- they're so unexpectedly revelatory and intimate that you're reluctant to let them go. At the ICA, November 9 at 7 p.m.

A Letter Without Words
Human Remains
Rothschild's Violin
Amos Gutman, Filmmaker
Treyf
Florentene
Who's the Caboose?
Pop
Train of Life