Wednesday, April 3rd:
7:00 PM
The Draft – 82 min.
The Draft Card Burner (???) [1966] dir. Hillary Harris – 7 min.
Selective Service System (1970) dir. Warren Haack – 13 min.
Citizen of What Country (???) [1973] dir. Anthony Bannon, Greg Borland, J.T. Doran & Bob Lehman – 36 min.
David Harris – Political Prisoner (???) [1969] dir. Neil Reichline – 26 min.
Film-Makers’ Coop – Part of Film for Social Change: Revisited and Expanded – Tickets
Thursday, April 4th:
7:30 PM
Kenneth Anger, Robert Breer, and Carmen D’Avino – 65 min
Rabbit’s Moon (35mm) [1950-70] dir. Kenneth Anger – 15 min.
Recreation (35mm) [1956] dir. Robert Breer – 2 min.
Motion Pictures No. 1 (1956) dir. Robert Breer – 5 min.
Jamestown Baloos (35mm) [1957] dir. Robert Breer – 6 min.
Eyewash (35mm) [1959] dir. Robert Breer – 3 min.
The Room (1959) dir. Carmen D’Avino – 5 min.
Pianissimo (35mm) [1963] dir. Carmen D’Avino – 6 min.
Background (35mm) [1973] dir. Carmen D’Avino – 19 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Americans in Paris – Tickets
Friday, April 5th:
6:30 PM
Léger & Murphy / Picabia & Clair / Man Ray & Duchamp – 85 min.
Ballet Mécanique (35mm) [1924] dir. Fernand Léger & Dudley Murphy – 19 min.
Entr’acte (35mm) [1924] dir. René Clair & Francis Picabia – 22 min.
Le Retour à la raison (1923) dir. Man Ray – 2 min.
L’Étoile de mer (1927) dir. Man Ray – 13 min.
Emak Bakia (35mm) [1927] dir. Man Ray – 18 min.
Anemic Cinema (35mm) [1926] dir. Marcel Duchamp & Man Ray – 7 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Essential Cinema – Tickets
7:00 PM
The Art of the Benshi: Program I – 145 min.
The Dull Sword (DCP) [1917] dir. Junichi Kōchi – 5 min.
A Straightforward Boy (DCP) [1929] dir. Yasujirō Ozu – 21 min.
The Golden Flower (35mm) [1929] dir. Noburō Ōfuji – 17 min.
The Water Magician (DCP) [1933] dir. Kenji Mizoguchi – 102 min.
BAM Rose Cinemas – Part of The Art of the Benshi – Tickets
8:45 PM
Christopher Maclaine – 65 min.
The Man Who Invented Gold (1957) dir. Christopher Maclaine – 14 min.
Beat (1958) dir. Christopher Maclaine – 6 min.
Scotch Hop (1959) dir. Christopher Maclaine – 6 min.
The End (1953) dir. Christopher Maclaine – 35 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Essential Cinema – Tickets
Saturday, April 6th:
12:00 PM
Kids Will Be Kids – 60 min.
A selection of vintage animated shorts that highlight the trials and tribulations of being a human child in a cartoon world. Come enjoy an ornery little boy wreaking havoc with a steam shovel, bedtime stories with a surrealist flair, a little girl getting caught in the middle of a stage show magic act, a discipline lesson for parents during the child-rearing years, and more. Spanning the 1910s through to the ’50s, this assortment showcases classic characters such as Bobby Bumps, Dinky Doodle, Willie Whopper, Betty Boop, Popeye, Little Lulu, Little Audrey, and others.
Metrograph – Part of Saturday Afternoon Cartoons – Tickets
*Q&A with Tommy Stathes
Monday, April 8th:
8:30 PM
Shorts Program 2 – 71 min.
Break no. 1 & Break no. 2 (DCP) [2024] dir. Lei Lei – 18 min.
The night of the minotaur (DCP) [2023] dir. Juliana Zuluaga Montoya – 11 min.
Kill ‘Em All (DCP) [2023] dir. Sebastian Molina Ruiz – 19 min.
The Porn Selector (TBA) [2024] dir. Lou Fauroux – 13 min.
Digital Devil Saga (35mm)[2024] dir. Cameron Worden – 11 min.
The Museum of Modern Art – Part of New Directors/New Films 2024 – Tickets
Wednesday, April 10th:
8:30 PM
Shorts Program 2 – 71 min.
Break no. 1 & Break no. 2 (DCP) [2024] dir. Lei Lei – 18 min.
The night of the minotaur (DCP) [2023] dir. Juliana Zuluaga Montoya – 11 min.
Kill ‘Em All (DCP) [2023] dir. Sebastian Molina Ruiz – 19 min.
The Porn Selector (TBA) [2024] dir. Lou Fauroux – 13 min.
Digital Devil Saga (35mm)[2024] dir. Cameron Worden – 11 min.
Film at Lincoln Center – Part of New Directors/New Films 2024 – Tickets
Thursday, April 11th:
6:30 PM
Marie Menken – 65 min.
Glimpse of the Garden (1957) dir. Marie Menken – 5 min.
Arabesque for Kenneth Anger (1961) dir. Marie Menken – 4 min.
Eye Music in Red Major (1961) dir. Marie Menken – 4 min.
Notebook (1962-63) dir. Marie Menken – 10 min.
Go! Go! Go! (1962-64) dir. Marie Menken – 12 min.
Andy Warhol (1965) dir. Marie Menken – 17 min.
Lights (1964-66) dir. Marie Menken – 7 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Essential Cinema – Tickets
Saturday, April 13th:
2:00 PM
The Children’s Cinema
Steamboat Willie (Digital projection) [1928] dir. Ub Iwerks – 8 min.
Kites and Other Tales (Digital projection) [1975] dir. Alan Ohashi digital projection – 12 min.
Color (1954-55) dir. Lidia García Millán – 4 min.
The Music Box (1932) dir. James Parrott – 30 min.
Light Industry – Tickets
5:45 PM
Georges Méliès, Program 1 – 60 min.
The Conjuror (35mm) [1899] dir. Georges Méliès – 1 min.
Trip to the Moon (35mm) [1902] dir. Georges Méliès – 12 min.
The Palace of the Arabian Nights (35mm) [1905] dir. Georges Méliès – 21 min.
Merry Frolics of Satan (35mm) [1906] dir. Georges Méliès – 18 min.
Delirium in a Studio (35mm) [1907] dir. Georges Méliès – 5 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Essential Cinema – Tickets
Sunday, April 14th:
3:00 PM
Peculiar Puppets Vol. 5 – 120 min.
Roxy Cinema hereby presents a fifth retrospective screening featuring various peculiar examples of puppet films from the 1920s through the 1950s. Warning: You may find some of the offerings to be rather unsettling, possibly even creepy! This event is programmed by early animation archivist and historian Tommy José Stathes, and prints are hand-selected from his personal 16mm film archive.
Roxy Cinema New York – Tickets
*Film presentation will be followed by a live Q&A session with Stathes.
4:15 PM
Georges Méliès, Program 2 – 50 min.
A Diabolical Tenant (35mm) [1909] dir. Georges Méliès – 8 min.
The Cascade of Fire (35mm) [1904] dir. Georges Méliès – 3 min.
Voyage Across the Impossible (35mm) [1904] dir. Georges Méliès – 20 min.
The Hunchback Fairy (35mm) [1906] dir. Georges Méliès – 13 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Essential Cinema – Tickets
5:45 PM
Georges Méliès, Program 3 – 55 min.
Extraordinary Illusions (1903) dir. Georges Méliès – 3 min.
The Enchanted Well (1903) dir. Georges Méliès – 3 min.
Tunnel Under the Channel (35mm) [1907] dir. Georges Méliès – 25 min.
The Apparition (1903) dir. Georges Méliès – 3 min.
The Doctor’s Secret (35mm) [1909] dir. Georges Méliès – 11 min.
Sightseeing Through Whisky (35mm) [1909] dir. Georges Méliès – 5 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Essential Cinema – Tickets
Friday, April 19th:
7:00 PM
The Red Thread: Larry Gottheim and His Films – 120 min.
Your Television Traveler (1991) dir. Larry Gottheim – 18 min.
Knot/Not (Digital projection) [2019] dir. Larry Gottheim – 23 min.
Entanglements (Digital projection) [2022] dir. Larry Gottheim – 27 min.
The Film-Makers’ Coop – Tickets
*Book release event
The Sixties (1966–1970) – 78 min.
Sanctus (1966) dir. David Lebrun – 20 min.
Now That the Buffalo’s Gone (1967) dir. David Lebrun – 6 min.
Metamorphosis (Digital projection) [1968-2010] dir. David Lebrun – 14 min.
The Hog Farm Movie (Digital projection) [1970] dir. David Lebrun – 38 min.
Museum of the Moving Image – Part of Persistent Visions & David Lebrun: Looking Back, Moving Forward – Tickets
*Q&A with David Lebrun
Saturday, April 20th:
11:15 AM
Porky Pig Showcase – 90 min.
The pick of the litter of animated shorts starring Looney Tunes’s/Merrie Melodies’s first breakout star, Porky Pig, created by Friz Freling, first introduced to audiences in 1935, and beloved as a stammering everyman (everypig?) character ever since. With treats such as Porky’s Building, Notes to You, and You Ought to Be in Pictures, we’re serving up only the absolute finest cuts of Porky here, and “That’s all, folks!”
Metrograph – Part of Animal Farm: Pigs – Tickets
Sunday, April 21st:
12:30 PM
Porky Pig Showcase – 90 min.
The pick of the litter of animated shorts starring Looney Tunes’s/Merrie Melodies’s first breakout star, Porky Pig, created by Friz Freling, first introduced to audiences in 1935, and beloved as a stammering everyman (everypig?) character ever since. With treats such as Porky’s Building, Notes to You, and You Ought to Be in Pictures, we’re serving up only the absolute finest cuts of Porky here, and “That’s all, folks!”
Metrograph – Part of Animal Farm: Pigs – Tickets
Wednesday, April 24th:
7:30 PM
Sidney Peterson – 80 min.
The Potted Psalm (1946) dir. Sidney Peterson – 19 min.
The Petrified Dog (1948) dir. Sidney Peterson – 19 min.
Mr. Frenhoffer and the Minotaur (1949) dir. Sidney Peterson – 21 min.
The Lead Shoes (1949) dir. Sidney Peterson – 17 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Essential Cinema – Tickets
Thursday, April 25th:
7:30 PM
Shinkichi Tajiri – 65 min.
The Vipers (1955) dir. Shinkichi Tajiri – 10 min
Mad Nest (1955) dir. Shinkichi Tajiri – 5 min.
Ferdi (Digital) [1955] dir. Shinkichi Tajiri – 12 min.
Bicycles (Digital) [1960] dir. Shinkichi Tajiri – 5 min.
Tajiri (Digital) [1962] dir. Johan van der Keuken – 12 min.
Vernissage of American Artists (Digital) [1950] dir. Carmen D’Avino – 18 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Americans in Paris – Tickets
Saturday, April 27th:
5:30 PM
Margaret Tait PGM 1 – 70 min.
A Portrait of Ga (1952) dir. Margaret Tait – 5 min.
Aerial (1974) dir. Margaret Tait – 4 min.
The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo (1955) dir. Margaret Tait – 7 min.
Colour Poems (1974) dir. Margaret Tait – 12 min.
Calypso (DCP) [1955] dir. Margaret Tait – 4 min.
Happy Bees (1954) dir. Margaret Tait – 17 min.
Garden Pieces (1998) dir. Margaret Tait – 12 min.
Glimpses from a Visit to Orkney in Summer 1995 (2020) dir. Ute Aurand – 5 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Margaret Tait / Luke Fowler – Tickets
7:00 PM
Experimentation In Pursuit of Storytelling – 49 min.
Utopia (1995) dir. Bradley A. Rappa – 5 min.
Knucklebones (1992) dir. Caroline Koebel – 13 min.
As it was revealed Unto Jeroen Eisinga (1998) dir. Jeroen Eisinga – 8 min.
Except My Soul… (Digital) [1999] dir. Catalina Santamaria – 14 min.
Across the Rappahannock (2002) dir. Brian Frye – 9 min.
The Film-Makers’ Cooperative – Tickets
7:30 PM
Margaret Tait PGM 2 – 70 min.
Where I Am Is Here (1963) dir. Margaret Tait – 35 min.
A Place of Work (1976) dir. Margaret Tait – 31 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Margaret Tait / Luke Fowler – Tickets
Sunday, April 28th:
7:30 PM
O’Neill / Richter / Sharits – 85 min.
Saugus Series (1974) dir. Pat O’Neill – 19 min.
Rhythmus 21 (35mm) [1921] dir. Hans Richter – 3 min.
Two Penny Magic (1929) dir. Hans Richter – 2 min.
Everything Revolves, Everything Turns (1929) dir. Hans Richter – 9 min.
N:O:T:H:I:N:G (1968) dir. Paul Sharits – 36 min.
T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G (1969) dir. Paul Sharits – 12 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Essential Cinema – Tickets
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