Avant Garde Movies

"Images and sounds culled from the first few months with my daughter, sometimes resembling that of a family group chat, where pictures and videos are...

CRISP., wherein a jealous man's attempt to steal a delicious apple crisp causes reality to break down and begins a chain of events leading to an...

In 1952, Haanstra made Panta Rhei , another view of Holland through the eyes of a painter and filmmaker. Its poetic images of water, skies and clouds...

Ostensibly a portrait of a place where the artist had resided until recently, the new film by Robert Beavers conjures not only the memory but also...

A short film spelling Tokyo in hiragana.

A photogram, used previously only within art photography, is adapted to create abstract moving patterns.

In the small town of Ethham, strange goings on have been occurring and the only people who know are the young adolescents of the town. Will they...

A drifter spends the night in an abandoned house and encounters a Window of Consciousness. This award-winning film combines elements of art house,...

A foolish shadow attempts to behave like a real entity but the irony takes place

Video (color, sound) | Media and Performance

"My name, melancholia".

A side table and a chest of drawers (played by actors in ingenious soft-sculpture costumes) indulge in a bit of passive-aggressive furniture moving....

"In Re-entry he successfully synthesizes the Yogic and the cosmological elements in his art for the first time by forcefully abstracting and playing...

The scene is set in front of a French chateau. The camera chases improbable incidents across the screen. Many are constructed out of one of Jordan's...

Persian Series #6 begins with what appears to be dried red and yellow rose petals, suddenly shot-thru with blue which causes a shift to violets and...

Though best known for his collage films, Lawrence Jordan here makes exquisite study of the different aspects of light lilting through the early...

Part of a trio of films that also includes ADAGIO and WINTER LIGHT, IN A SUMMER GARDEN "draws much of its power from the way it is constructed and...

A monkey paces inside a cage: visually, the short film confines itself to this stark simplicity, yet its message resonates deeply. It draws on...

Controversial cinéma vérité analysis of Havana’s lumpenproletariat in waterfront bars and cafés shortly after the...

In a world where everyone's faces are painted, hers gets complicated with an experience. This leads her to a long and heavy journey with those of the...