Termite Gumbo

1941

In December, 1941, using music by Stravinsky, this film provides a reaction to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. An egg is smashed by a hammer; red

1941

there is a willow grows aslant a brook,

"My name, melancholia".

2020

Thlípsi

A man who is paranoid and deluded by his own conspiracies that someone out there is after him must come to terms with the root of his suffering.

2018

Two Pence Magic

Two Penny Magic (Zweigroschenzauber) starting off with a little magic trick. It then presents an array of images from swimmers, bicyclers, murderers,

1929

Hands: The Life and Loves of the Gentler Sex

The use of human hands as characters in a dance inspired narrative are used to explore female experience and representation. By drawing upon experimen

1927

Late Season

Inspired by the dominant motif of the novel by the great Austrian writer Adalbert Stifter, "L’Arrière-saison" is a diptych about roses.

2007

Vivian

"A film portrait cut to the tune of Conway Twitty's version of 'Mona Lisa.' Filmed in part at a 1964 show of Conner's artwork in San Francisco, the fi

1965

Lights

Shot over a period of three years. Marie Menken photographed New York window displays during the Christmas holiday. In order to avoid foot and street

1966

Water for Maya

Water for Maya is a hand-painted work which came into being during a film interview with Martina Kudlacek about Maya Deren. There was a sudden recogni

2000

Mario Banana I

Mario Montez in drag eats a banana.

1964

Pan 0

Clouds roll by in a static haze.

1974

Bridges-Go-Round 1

New York City's various bridges transform into an urban jungle (jazz version) or an alien landscape (electro-acoustic version).

1958

Reflections on Black

A series of terrifying dramas of male-female relationships offset against the background of a New York tenement. Preserved by the Academy Film Archiv

1955

The Familiar Shadow

Impressive sound design, non-linear editing, great ‘expressionistic’ locations and b&w cinematography, this is an experimental piece for Pialat, a psy

1958

Isabelle aux Dombes

Pialat's first film was the short Isabelle aux Dombes, shot in 1951 when the director was 26 years old. The film is an entirely silent montage of docu

1951

Moment

A static camera records, in one single continuous shot, a woman's face before, during and after orgasm. The act of looking and the limits of the film

1968

Comrade Chkalov Crosses the North Pole

A satiric comedy which dissects the iconography of the 'Soviet Hero'. Original footage of a propaganda film from 1941 is the starting point for this p

1990

Elle

Elle is an experimental dance film shot in a semi industrial landscape in Brooklyn reflecting on every day movements of falling and getting up.

2007

Wax Experiments

For the production of this film, Oskar Fischinger tinted various layers of hot wax. After cooling, the resulting lump of wax resembled a marble cake.

1927

38-39°C

A man enters an old public bathhouse and dream of his father while under the spell of the elevated temperatures.

2011