Monday, December 1st:
6:00 PM
The Black Gaze – 120 min.
Toni Morrison often spoke about how Black writers felt pressured to write for a white audience, and she wrote about writing, instead, for the “Black gaze,” one free of self-censorship. This month’s What’s Happening? program looks at how this concept might apply to filmmaking. We screen historical works in the Reserve Film and Video Collection by notable filmmakers such as Camille Billops, Kent Garret, William Jersey, Madeline Anderson and Bill Greaves, and discuss the importance of African American film culture with Liani Greaves and David Greaves.
The New York Public Library (Performing Arts) – Part of What’s Happening? – Tickets
*Liani Greaves and David Greaves join us in person to discuss the films and importance of African American film culture at large
Saturday, December 6th:
1:30 PM
Eyeworks Experimental Animation Series 2025: Program One
Lives of Firecrackers (Video/16mm) [1979] dir. Sandy Moore – 14 min.
Busy Bodies (Video) [2025] dir. Kate Renshaw-Lewis – 6 min.
Mother’s Child (Video) [2024] dir. Naomi Noir – 9 min.
Liquid Light & Its Quadrilateral Cage (Video) [2006] dir. Rodrigo Salcedo – 2 min.
The Graffiti (Video) [2025] dir. Ryo Orikasa – 12 min.
Help I’m Being Crushed to Death by a Black Rectangle (Video) [1977] dir. Carter Burwell – 3 min.
And a Little for Me (Video) [2024] dir. Kathryn Roake – 6 min.
Luna Rossa (Video) [2024] dir. Priit and Olga Pärn – 32 min.
Museum of the Moving Image – Part of Special Screenings – Tickets
Sunday, December 7th:
6:00 PM
Avant-Garde Ads: Culture + Tourism – 80 min.
The New Apartment (DCP) [1930] dir. Hans Richter – 28 min.
Colour Flight (DCP) [1938] dir. Len Lye – 4 min.
Swinging the Lambeth Walk (35mm) [1939] dir. Len Lye – 4 min.
Life’s Musical Minute (DCP) [1953] dir. Len Lye – 2 min.
New York Lightboard Record (DCP) [1961] dir. Norman McLaren – 9 min.
Pittsburgh (DCP) [1959] dir. Stan Brakhage, Weegee, Len Lye, Stan Vanderbeek – 28 min.
200 (DCP) [1975] dir. Vince Collins – 3 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Avant-Garde Ads: Part 1 – Tickets
8:15 PM
Avant-Garde Ads: Advertisements (1920s-40s) – 65 min.
Der Sieger (DCP) [1921] dir. Walter Ruttmann – 2 min.
Das Wunder (DCP) [1922] dir. Walter Ruttmann – 3 min.
The Secret of the Marquise (DCP) [1922] dir. Lotte Reiniger – 3 min.
The Barcarole (DCP) [1924] dir. Julius Pinschewer & Lotte Reiniger – 4 min.
Film (DCP) [1925] dir. Julius Pinschewer & Guido Seeber – 6 min.
Two Penny Magic (1929) dir. Hans Richter – 2 min.
Health Tonic (DCP) [1926] dir. Lotte Lendesdorff & Walter Ruttmann – 2 min.
Der Feinschmecker (Digital) [1934] dir. Egon von Tresckow – 2 min.
Circles (1933-34) dir. Oskar Fischinger – 2 min.
Muratti Gets in the Act (1934) dir. Oskar Fischinger – 3 min.
Muratti Privat (1935) dir. Oskar Fischinger – 2 min.
Bubbles Game (DCP) [1936] dir. Karel Dodal & Irena Dodalová – 2 min.
An Autumn Song (DCP) [1937] dir. Karel Dodal & Irena Dodalová – 2 min.
Kaleidoscope (35mm) [1935] dir. Len Lye – 4 min.
Incandescent Love (DCP) [1939] dir. Gyula Macskássy – 2 min.
Light (DCP) [1942] dir. Gyula Macskássy & György Szénásy – 1 min.
The Birth of a Robot (35mm) [1935] dir. Len Lye – 7 min.
The Highway Sings (35mm) [1937] dir. Alexander Hammid & Elmar Klos – 4 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Avant-Garde Ads: Part 1 – Tickets
Monday, December 8th:
6:30 PM
Avant-Garde Ads: Stan Brakhage – 60 min.
Colorado Legend (DCP) [1961] dir. Stan Phillips – 11 min.
Ballad of the Colorado Ute (DCP) [1963] dir. Stan Phillips – 17 min.
Mr. Tompkins Inside Himself (1962) dir. Stan Brakhage – 41 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Avant-Garde Ads: Part 1 – Tickets
8:30 PM
Avant-Garde Ads: Culture + Education – 75 min.
Film Magazine of the Arts (1963) dir. Jonas Mekas – 20 min.
Here I Am (1962) dir. Bruce Baillie – 11 min.
The Brookfield Recreation Center (1964) dir. Bruce Baillie – 6 min.
Children Are Our First Priority (1972) dir. Chick Strand – 13 min.
PBL #2 (1968) dir. Robert Breer – 1 min.
Geometry of Circles (Digital) [1979] dir. Cathryn Aison & Philip Glass – 3 min.
Library (DCP) [1970] dir. Jerome Hiler & Nathaniel Dorsky – 18 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Avant-Garde Ads: Part 1 – Tickets
Tuesday, December 9th:
8:30 PM
Avant-Garde Ads: Advertisements (1950s-90s) – 70 min.
Nuart Theatre no smoking PSA (35mm) [1982] dir. John Waters & Douglas Brian Martin – 1 min.
EZTV No smoking PSA (Video) [ca. 1985] dir. Mark Shepard – 1 min.
Bris Soap Commercials [selection] (DCP) [1951] dir. Ingmar Bergman – 7 min.
Muntz TV (1953) dir. Oskar Fischinger – 2 min.
Chronicle (DCP) [1955] dir. Jordan Belson – 2 min.
The Subject Was Wrinkles (Digital) [1960s] dir. Paul Bartel – 8 min.
Rhythm (1957) dir. Len Lye – 1 min.
Adebar (35mm) [1957] dir. Peter Kubelka – 1 min.
Schwechater (1958) dir. Peter Kubelka – 1 min.
Anonymous Commercials for d-c-fix and INKU GF-Kante (35mm) [1963/65] – 4 min.
Pepsi-Cola-Commercial (1960) dir. Dwinell Grant – 1 min.
Sears Sox (1968) dir. Pat O’Neill, Neon Park, & Chick Strand – 5 min.
Luden’s Cough Drops ad (Video) [1967] dir. Ed Seeman & Frank Zappa – 1 min.
Remy/Grand Central: Trains and Boats and Planes (Video) [1980] dir. Dara Birnbaum – 4 min.
Father Guido Sarducci On Art School (Video) [1982] dir. George Manupelli & William Farley – 1 min.
MTV: Artbreak (Video) [1987] dir. Dara Birnbaum – 1 min.
ABC promo – Michael Jackson (Video) [1987] dir. David Daniels – 1 min.
Honda Scooter ad (Video) [1988] dir. David Daniels – 1 min.
Idiot Box opening sequence (Video) [1990] dir. David Daniels – 1 min.
Clearasil ad (Video) [1995] dir. David Daniels – 1 min.
America’s Best Contacts and Eyeglasses commercial (Video) [1990] dir. M. Henry Jones & Tom Marsan – 1 min.
Closed Jeans ads (Video) [1987/88] dir. Jean-Luc Godard – 2 min.
Nike Air 180 ad (Video) [1991] dir. Jean-Luc Godard – 1 min.
Schick Aftershave ad (Video) [1991] dir. Jean-Luc Godard – 1 min.
Parisienne People Cigarettes ad (Video) [1992] dir. Jean-Luc Godard & Anne-Marie Miéville – 1 min.
Nike Air 180 ad (Video) [1990] dir. David Cronenberg – 1 min.
Caramilk ad (Video) [1990] dir. David Cronenberg – 1 min.
Georgia Coffee ads (Digital) [1991] dir. David Lynch – 2 min.
Michael Jackson Dangerous Short Films intro (Digital) [1991] dir. David Lynch – 1 min.
Adidas the Wall ad (Digital) [1993] dir. David Lynch – 1 min.
Sci Fi Channel interstitials (Digital) [1997] dir. David Lynch – 1 min.
Parisienne People (Digital) [1998] dir. David Lynch – 1 min.
Playstation 2 ad (Digital) [2000] dir. David Lynch – 1 min.
David Lynch Coffee ad (Digital) [2011] dir. David Lynch – 4 min.
Nike: Joel / Hippies (Digital) [1993] dir. Jeff Preiss – 1 min.
Cherry Coke: Rugby (Digital) [1998] dir. Jeff Preiss – 1 min.
Yellow Pages: Tour / Critic / Green Room (Digital) [1998] dir. Jeff Preiss – 2 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Avant-Garde Ads: Part 1 – Tickets
Wednesday, December 10th:
7:00 PM
Sex, Gender and Feminism – 70 min.
Sometimes I Wonder Who I Am (DCP) [1970] dir. Liane Brandon – 5 min.
A Feminist Film (1988) dir. Anne Chamberlain – 1 min.
Pre-Menstrual (1992) dir. Anne Chamberlain – 1 min.
Depot (1974) dir. Susan Brockman – 11 min.
Make Out (1970) dir. Geri Ashur & Peter Schlaifer – 5 min.
Home Movie (DCP) [1973] dir. Jan Oxenberg – 12 min.
A Child’s Introduction to the Wonders of Space (1979) dir. Rachel Reichman – 12 min.
Desire Pie (35mm) [1976] dir. Lisa Crafts – 5 min.
Mister E. (1960) dir. Margaret Conneely – 12 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Tickets
Thursday, December 11th:
6:45 PM
Avant-Garde Ads: Ads As Found Footage, PGM 1 – 75 min.
Benetton (Digital) [2004] dir. Andrew Lampert – 5 min.
Waiting for Commercials 1966-72 (Video) [1992] dir. Nam June Paik & Jud Yalkut – 7 min.
Poetry and Truth (1996-2003) dir. Peter Kubelka – 13 min.
A Day in the Life of a Consumer (DCP) [1993] dir. Harun Farocki – 44 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Avant-Garde Ads: Part 1 – Tickets
8:45 PM
Avant-Garde Ads: PSAs: Economy/War/Health – 80 min.
Inflation (DCP) [1928] dir. Hans Richter – 3 min.
Musical Poster No. 1 (35mm) [1940] dir. Len Lye – 3 min.
Kill or Be Killed (35mm) [1942] dir. Len Lye – 18 min.
Newspaper Train (DCP) [1942] dir. Len Lye – 6 min.
Work Party (35mm) [1942] dir. Len Lye – 7 min.
V For Victory (DCP) [1941] dir. Norman McLaren – 2 min.
Five For Four (DCP) [1942] dir. Norman McLaren – 3 min.
Keep Your Mouth Shut (DCP) [1944] dir. Norman McLaren – 3 min.
They Caught the Ferry (35mm) [1948] dir. Carl Theodor Dreyer – 11 min.
AIDS (Public Service Announcements) (Video) [1990] dir. Philip Mathews – 4 min.
Summer Of Love PSA (Video) [1990] dir. Tom Rubnitz – 1 min.
We Care About New York (Digital) [1991] dir. David Lynch – 1 min.
Jackson Song (Digital) [1990] dir. Jeff Preiss – 2 min.
Extra Ultra Super Gal (DCP) [2024] dir. Rachael Guma – 4 min.
Drug Abuse (Video) [1972] dir. Pat Lehman – 1 min.
The Reagans Speak Out On Drugs (1988) dir. Cliff Roth – 7 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Avant-Garde Ads: Part 1 – Tickets
Friday, December 12th:
6:30 PM
Avant-Garde Ads: Artist Ads – 85 min.
Television Delivers People (Video) [1973] dir. Richard Serra & Carlotta Schoolman – 7 min.
The TV Commercials 1973-1977 (Video) [1973-77/2000] dir. Chris Burden – 4 min.
Commercial For Myself (Video) [1978] dir. Lynn Hershman Leeson – 1 min.
Election Tape ’84 (Video) [1984] dir. Vito Acconci – 2 min.
This Is Not an Advertisement (Video) [1985] dir. Muntadas – 5 min.
Television Spots (Video) [1987-88] dir. Stan Douglas – 5 min.
Music-Video (Video) [2000] dir. Harun Farocki – 1 min.
30 Second Portraits: New York Artists (Video) [1982] dir. Joan Logue – 15 min.
Melting (1965) dir. Thom Andersen – 6 min.
Mike (Video) [1987] dir. Michael Smith – 4 min.
A Perfect Pair (Video) [1987] dir. Valie Export – 4 min.
Inforeceptor (Digital) [1994] dir. Kristin Lucas – 5 min.
Ad Vice (Digital) [1999] dir. Tony Cokes – 7 min.
Reparation Hardware (Digital) [2018] dir. Ilana Harris-Babou – 4 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Avant-Garde Ads: Part 1 – Tickets
Saturday, December 13th:
8:00 PM
16mm Films by Mike Kuchar – 75 min.
Tales of the Bronx (1970) dir. Mike Kuchar – 16 min.
Didgeridoo (1972) dir. Mike Kuchar – 10 min.
Faraway Places (1974) dir. Mike Kuchar – 10 min.
Fable For a New Age (1984) dir. Mike Kuchar – 30 min.
Tone Poem (1984) dir. Mike Kuchar – 6 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Reflections From a Cinematic Cesspool: George & Mike Kuchar – Tickets
Sunday, December 14th:
5:45 PM
16mm Films by George Kuchar – 75 min.
Leisure (1966) dir. George Kuchar – 10 min.
Portrait of Ramona (1971) dir. George Kuchar – 25 min.
The Sunshine Sisters (1972) dir. George Kuchar – 36 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Reflections From a Cinematic Cesspool: George & Mike Kuchar – Tickets
Monday, December 15th:
7:30 PM
George & Mike Kuchar – 75 min.
I Was a Teenage Rumpot (1960) dir. George & Mike Kuchar – 10 min.
Pussy on a Hot Tin Roof (1961) dir. George & Mike Kuchar – 14 min.
Sylvia’s Promise (1962) dir. George & Mike Kuchar – 9 min.
Born of the Wind (1962) dir. George & Mike Kuchar – 24 min.
Tootsies in Autumn (1963) dir. George & Mike Kuchar – 15 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Essential Cinema – Tickets
Tuesday, December 16th:
8:45 PM
Avant-Garde Ads: Industrials/Communications 2: Technology + Mathematics – 90 min.
A Communications Primer (DCP) [1953] dir. Charles & Ray Eames – 22 min.
The Magic Ribbon (DCP) [1959] dir. Ferdinand Khittl – 21 min.
Communication (DCP) [1961] dir. Edgar Reitz – 11 min.
Test 0558 (DCP) [1965] dir. Bernard Longpré – 4 min.
Experiments In Motion Graphics (1968) dir. John Whitney, Sr. – 12 min.
Dimension soleils (DCP) [1970] dir. Raymond Brousseau & Bernard Longpré – 4 min.
Pixillation (DCP) [1970] dir. Lillian Schwartz – 4 min.
UFOS (DCP) [1971] dir. Lillian Schwartz & Ken Knowlton – 4 min.
Enigma (DCP [1972] dir. Lillian Schwartz – 4 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Avant-Garde Ads: Part 1 – Tickets
Saturday, December 20th:
6:15 PM
Hugo / Jacobs / Levitt / Maas – 55 min.
Bells of Atlantis (1952) dir. Ian Hugo – 10 min.
Little Stabs at Happiness (1959-63) dir. Ken Jacobs – 18 min.
In the Street (1952) dir. Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb, and James Agee – 12 min.
Geography of the Body (1943) dir. Willard Maas – 7 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Essential Cinema – Tickets
8:00 PM
Lawrence Jordan – 85 min.
Duo Concertantes (1962-64) dir. Lawrence Jordan – 6 min.
Hamfat Asar (1965) dir. Lawrence Jordan – 13 min.
Gymnopedies (1968) dir. Lawrence Jordan – 6 min.
The Old House, Passing (1966) dir. Lawrence Jordan – 45 min.
Our Lady of the Sphere (35mm) [1968] dir. Lawrence Jordan – 9 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Essential Cinema – Tickets
Sunday, December 21st:
5:45 PM
Jennings / Kirsanoff – 60 min.
Listen to Britain (35mm) [1941] dir. Humphrey Jennings – 19 min.
Ménilmontant (35mm) [1924-25] dir. Dimitri Kirsanoff – 38 min.
Anthology Film Archives – Part of Essential Cinema – Tickets
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