Movies

  • 2000
    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty

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    A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely...

    As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
  • 1968
    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

    7.41968HD

    An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.

    Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
  • 2022
    Fragments of Paradise

    Fragments of Paradise

    Fragments of Paradise

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    For over 70 years, Jonas Mekas, internationally known as the "godfather" of avant-garde cinema, documented his life in what came to be known as his...

    Fragments of Paradise
  • 1986
    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

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    A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
  • 2007
    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

    6.62007HD

    In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's...

    Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
  • 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    6.31997HD

    Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

    Birth of a Nation
  • 2011
    60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

    60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

    60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero

    3.82011HD

    An anthology of one-minute films created by 60 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was...

    60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
  • 2013
    What Is Cinema?

    What Is Cinema?

    What Is Cinema?

    6.22013HD

    Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh,...

    What Is Cinema?
  • 2007
    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

    02007HD

    This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007...

    365 Day Project
  • 2008
    Momma's Man

    Momma's Man

    Momma's Man

    6.22008HD

    An adult decides to escape the pressures of life and return to his old bedroom at his parents' house.

    Momma's Man
  • 1963
    Blonde Cobra

    Blonde Cobra

    Blonde Cobra

    2.91963HD

    A man fondles objects, looks at himself in the mirror, poses in different clothes, smiles and makes faces at the camera while his voice on the...

    Blonde Cobra
  • 2005
    Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise

    Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise

    Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise

    5.92005HD

    A story told by director Ken Jacobs but without conventional storyline. Using a modified magic lantern, an early type of image projector developed in...

    Celestial Subway Lines/Salvaging Noise
  • 1994
    Jonas in the Desert

    Jonas in the Desert

    Jonas in the Desert

    5.51994HD

    Not a documentary in the strictest sense of the word. Rather, it is a journey through the world of the artist Jonas Mekas - one of the exponents of...

    Jonas in the Desert
  • 1976
    Lost, Lost, Lost

    Lost, Lost, Lost

    Lost, Lost, Lost

    71976HD

    Jonas Mekas adjusts to a life in exile in New York in his autobiographical film, shot between 1949 and 1963.

    Lost, Lost, Lost
  • 2014
    The Guests

    The Guests

    The Guests

    62014HD

    A reworking of 10 seconds from Entrée d`une noce à l`église (Entrance of a wedding at the church), the 1896 Lumiere brothers...

    The Guests
  • 2011
    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

    6.72011HD

    Experimental filmmaker Pip Chodorov traces the course of experimental film in America, taking the very personal point of view of someone who grew up...

    Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
  • 1967
    For Life, Against the War

    For Life, Against the War

    For Life, Against the War

    61967HD

    First shown on January 30, 1967, FOR LIFE AGAINST THE WAR was an open-call, collective statement from American independent filmmakers disparate in...

    For Life, Against the War
  • 2021
    Hoffman Student

    Hoffman Student

    Hoffman Student

    02021HD

    A 2021 Jacobs Eternalism

    Hoffman Student
  • 2022
    When Timofeev Moves Everything Moves

    When Timofeev Moves Everything Moves

    When Timofeev Moves Everything Moves

    02022HD

    2022, 12:43, digital. Drawing by Victor Tomofeev, "A Skater's City"

    When Timofeev Moves Everything Moves
  • 2019
    Nervous Magic Lantern: 3D for One or Two Naked Eyes

    Nervous Magic Lantern: 3D for One or Two Naked Eyes

    Nervous Magic Lantern: 3D for One or Two Naked Eyes

    02019HD

    Assisted by Nisi Ariana, 24 minutes

    Nervous Magic Lantern: 3D for One or Two Naked Eyes