June 20 - TIKIMENTARY at Otto’s Shrunken Head
Head out to Otto’s Shrunken Head this Saturday, June 20 for an exotic, surf-themed night of cinema and music. First up is Duda Leite’s Tikimentary, a documentary about all things tiki, which shows at 7PM. Following the screening is a lineup of surf rock bands, including The Chillers, Thee Icepicks, Bongo Surf, The Octomen, and Sasquatch and the Sick-A-Billys.
May 15 - QUICKSHOTS at The Archive, Curated by Nana Seo and Leung Chi Wo
Screenshots is a new montly media and video series. Quickshots, this month’s event, occurs May 15 at The Archive in Brooklyn and is organized by curator Nana Seo and artist Leung Chi Wo, both based out of Hong Kong. The artists featured include: Chow Chun Fai (Hong Kong), David Clarke (Hong Kong), Ise Parkingproject (Malaysia), Yoshiaki Kaihatsu (Tokyo), Kwan Sheung Chi (Hong Kong), Lam Tung Pang (Beijing), Michael Lee Hong Hwee, Willam Phuan & Tan Chee Tat (Singapore), Lee Kit (Hong Kong), Alexia Mellor (Boston), Nam HyoJun (Shanghai), Huong Ngo (New York), Nguyen Quang Huy (Hanoi), Political Art Group (Hong Kong), Qiu Anxiong (Guangzhou), Gilad Ratman (New York) and Doris Wong Wai Yin (Hong Kong).
Shows at Friday, May 15 at 9:30PM at The Archive (49 Bogart Street, Brooklyn).
(image courtesy of kleebversestheworld.blogspot.com)
May 14 - Joel Schlemowitz presents NON-CAMERA FILMMAKING at The New School
Experimental filmmaker and curator Joel Schlemowitz is presenting Non-Camera Filmmaking, a collection of short films all made without the use of a physical camera. Come support twelve emerging filmmakers as they break the rules of moviemaking and explore the myriad possibilities of celluloid and projection. Among the filmmakers exhibiting their work are: Jaclyn Amor, Cassandra Colletti, Nathaniel Cummings-Lambert, Maura Feeney, Jenn Gellman, Will Lucas , Reuben Meltzer, Karl Mendonca, Marissa Mickelberg, Mary Denise Patterson, Ina Adele Ray, and Evan Walter.
Showing Thursday, May 14th at 8:00PM at The New School (66 Fifth Avenue Room 404).
May 11 - Flaherty NYC presents JOHNNY BERLIN 2 at Anthology Film Archives
Flaherty NYC is bringing director Dominic DeJoseph to Anthology Film Archives on Monday, May 11 to present his latest documentary, Johnny Berlin 2; Notes from the Dumpster, the sequel to Johnny Berlin. The latest film continues in the adventures of a train porter wh now finds himself broke in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. “Brilliantly funny and wise monologue-as-portrait of a unique American thinker,” proclaims the Sarasota Film Festival, while Snow Vandermore at El Vigilate highly recommended the film by saying, “I was hoping it would just keeping going on and on, it was that good.”
Shooting People’s Ingrid Kopp will be on hand to discuss the film with the director after the screening, and help to give away a few free special prizes!
Showing Monday, May 11 at 7:30PM at Anthology Film Archives.
Don’t Miss The Cinema Eye Honors this Sunday at TheTimesCenter
Tickets are still available for the second annual Cinema Eye Awards which take place this Sunday at TheTimesCenter (242 W 41St Street). The Cinema Eye Awards have become the gold standard for honors in nonfiction filmmaking recognizing such categories as editing, producing, cinematography, as well as shorts. The were launched last year by documentary filmmaker and critic AJ Schnack in association with Danielle DiGiacomo at IndiePix (who became a presenting sponsor), John Vanco and the IFC Center, and Stranger Than Fiction’s Thom Powers. Tickets are $75 for what promises to be an amazing evening, award presenters include Laurie Anderson, Albert Maysles, D.A. Pennebaker and Morgan Spurlock. The evening features music DJ’ed by Ion Furjanic and admission includes entry and free drinks and food at the after party, Arena. There is also reports that MAN ON WIRE’s Philippe Petit will be present.
Nominees for Outstanding Achievement in NonFiction Feature Filmmaking are: James Marsh’s MAN ON WIRE, Guy Maddin’s MY WINNIPEG, Margaret Brown’s THE ORDER OF MYTHS, Marina Zenovich’s ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED, and Ari Folman’s WALTZ WITH BASHIR.
For more information or to purchase tickets visit: www.cinemaeyehonors.com
March 26 - Dreyer’s GERTRUD at BAM and Cinemachat with Elliott Stein
Screening for one day only as part of BAM’s Carl Theodor Dreyer retrospective, Dreyer’s opus and final film Gertrud (1964) is playing Thursday. Show times are at 4:30, 6:50, and 9:30pm, with a special Cinemachat with film historian Elliott Stein following the 6:50 show which is not to be missed.
“There is no other movie like Gertrud. It exists in its own bright, one-entry category, idiosyncratic, serenely stubborn, and sublime.” –Phillip Lopate
Showing Thursday, March 26 at 4:30, 6:50, and 9:30pm at BAM.
Tuesday, March 17, 7:30PM KEN JACOBS show and Discussion at Light Industry
New York City experimental filmmaking pioneer and founder of the Millennium Film Workshop Ken Jacobs will be present at Light Industry this Tuesday to present work, Return to LH6. Following will be a conversation with Jacobs and Amy Taubin. Come out to what’s sure to be a memorable evening.
“I expanded on the Laff Movie selections so one never knew what to expect and I disapproved of introductions: students were expected to grapple, and then there’d be talk, lots of it. Assuming I still have something of my teaching chops, you’re welcome to sit in on a re-creation of cinema studies in LH6. (I would sometimes screen some of my own stuff so there just might be samplings and discussion of recent Ken Jacobs work.)” - KJ
Excerpt of Jacobs Tom, Tom, The Piper’s Son
Showing Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at 7:30pm at Light Industry.
March 13 - Godard’s BAND OF OUTSIDERS introduced by JONATHAN LETHEM at Rubin Museum
Brooklyn’s own Jonathan Lethem will introduce a screening of Jean-Luc Godard’s masterful (and, some might argue, his masterpiece) Band of Outsiders (Bande à Part) this Friday, March 13 at 9:30PM at The Rubin Museum of Art. Godard’s wife and muse, Anna Karina, stars in this charming homage to film noir about a young woman who is roped into robbing her family by Sami Frey (Mr. Brigitte Bardot) and Claude Brasseur. Featuring stunning cinematography by Raoul Coutard, music by Michel Legrand, and one of the coolest and most indelible dance sequences in film history.
Showing Friday, March 13 at 9:30PM at The Rubin Museum of Art.
Monday March 9 - Josh Weinstien and Jacqueline Goss in person for FLAHERTY NYC
Flying On One Engine - Trailer from FlyingOnOneEngine on Vimeo.
This Monday Anthology Film Archives will host its monthly screening series with the Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, Flaherty NYC, at 7:30PM. Jacqueline Goss will be in attendance and presenting her innovative short film STRANGER COMES TO TOWN. Also on hand is NYC based filmmaker Josh Weinstein presenting his debut doc FLYING ON ONE ENGINE which has played at festivals across the world including IDFA, South by Southwest, and Full Frame. Both docs are centered on the theme of last year’s Seminar, The Age of Migration. A special post screening discussion will be moderated by fellow NYC filmmaker Scott Nyerges.
Showing Monday, March 9 at 7:30PM at Anthology Film Archives.
March 6 - JOEL SCHLEMOWITZ + TILL BY TURNING + FOLDS ENSEMBLE at Issue Project Room
Prominent New York City experimental filmmaker and curator Joel Schlemowitz will be providing a visual performance to music by Till By Turning and Folds Ensemble at Issue Project Room this Friday, March 6, at 8:00PM. In addition to Schelmowitz’s visuals, this event will also include new music by Jim Altieri, Katherine Young (of Till by Turning), and a trio for violin, piano, and percussion featuring Aaron Siegel. Formed at Oberlin University, Till by Turning was described by Steve Dollar in Time Out Magazine as, “a new generation of adventurous musicians bringing contemporary music to clubland….the players dip into the modern canon…and give breath to new works by their peers.”
