Soviet Avant-Garde in the 1920s
April 29 Strike! d. Sergei Eisenstein USSR 1925
May 7 Chess Fever d. Vsevolod Pudovkin USSR 1925 and Man With A Movie Camera d. Dziga Vertov USSR 1929
Weimar Expressionism
May 14 Der Müde Tod (Destiny) d. Fritz Lang Germany 1921
May 21 Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari d. R. Wiene Germany 1920
May 28 Der Letzte Mann (The Last Laugh) d. F.W. Murnau Germany 1924
UK Hitchcock
June 4 The Lodger: A Tale Of The London Fog d. Alfred Hitchcock UK 1927
Nell Shipman
June 11 Back To God’s Country d. David M. Hartford Canada 1919 and Something New d. Nell Shipman, Bert Van Tuyle USA 1920
Charlie Chaplin – Buster Keaton
June 18 A Dog’s Life d. Charles Chaplin USA 1919 and The Kid d. Charles Chaplin USA 1921
June 25 Neighbours d. Buster Keaton USA 1920 / The Paleface d. Buster Keaton USA 1922 / Sherlock Jr. d. Buster Keaton USA 1924
July 2 City Lights d. Charles Chaplin USA 1931
French & German Avant-Garde: 1920-1928
July 9 Rhythmus 21 d. Hans Richter Germany 1920 / Ballet Mecanique d. Fernand Leger France 1924 / Emak Bakia d. Man Ray France 1926 / Anemic Cinema d. Marcel Duchamp France 1926 / Brumes d’automne (Autumn Mists) d. Dimitri Kirsanoff France 1928 / Vormittagsspuk (Ghosts Before Breakfast) d. Hans Richter Germany 1928 / La Souriante Mme. Beudet d. Germaine Dulac France 1923
Luis Buñuel 1: Franco-Iberian Surrealism
July 16 Un Chien Andalou d. Luis Bunuel France 1929 and L’age d’or d. Luis Bunuel France 1930
American Avant-Garde 1: Deren/Anger
July 23 The Life and Death of 9413 A Hollywood Extra d. R. Florey, S. Vorkapich USA 1928 / The Hearts of Age d. Orson Welles, William Vance USA 1934 / Meshes Of The Afternoon d. Maya Deren USA 1943 / Inauguration Of The Pleasure Dome d. Kenneth Anger USA 1954
American Avant-Garde 2: Angerfest
July 30 Puce Moment d. Kenneth Anger USA 1949 / Eaux d’artifice d. Kenneth Anger France/USA 1953 / Scorpio Rising d. Kenneth Anger USA 1963 / Kustom Kar Kommandos d. Kenneth Anger USA 1965 / Arabesque For Kenneth Anger d. Marie Menken USA 1961 / Invocation Of My Demon Brother d. Kenneth Anger USA 1969 / Lucifer Rising d. Kenneth Anger USA 1970-1980 / The Man We Want To Hang d. Kenneth Anger USA 2001 / Rabbit’s Moon [1979 Version] d. Kenneth Anger France/USA 1950-1979
American Avant-Garde 3: Stan Brakhage
August 6 Desistfilm d. Stan Brakhage USA 1954 / Cat’s Cradle d. Stan Brakhage USA 1959 / Wedlock House: An Intercourse d. Stan Brakhage USA 1959 / Mothlight d. Stan Brakhage USA 1963 / Dog Star Man d. Stan Brakhage USA 1961-1964
Short Films From The 1970s
August 13 (nostalgia) d. Hollis Frampton USA 1971 / The Stars Are Beautiful d. Stan Brakhage USA 1975 / Windows d. Peter Greenaway Great Britain 1975 / Dear Phone d. Peter Greenaway Great Britain 1978 / The Birth Of Magellan: Cadenza d. Hollis Frampton USA 1977-80
Local Experimental Filmmakers Showcase
August 20 Short films by local filmmakers.
Summer of Moloch Disco Spectacular!
August 27 Metropolis [Giorgio Moroder Version] d. Fritz Lang Germany 1928