For all the impact that DVDs have had on expanding viewers' knowledge of films and filmmaking, few discs have had the potential to alter cinema history. This is what makes 19-hour homevid release of ...

Judging by the two-DVD shorts collection Avant-Garde: Experimental Cinema Of The 1920s And '30s, the cutting edge hasn't moved much over the past 80 years. Avant-garde cinema still relies primarily on ...

Sign up for City Lights, our twice-weekly guide to arts and nightlife in the D.C. area. It lands in your inbox every Sunday and Thursday. In the Soviet Union, art and ...

Like a machine gun, she recalled. I met her at this year’s annual Jeonju Film Festival, a ten-day cinema celebration with ...

In 1928, directors Sergei Eisenstein, Vsevolod Pudovkin, and Grigori Alexandrov began a collective statement with a declaration: “Our cherished dreams of a sound cinema are being realized.” It was a ...

At Where is the Avant-Garde Cinema Today?, Michael Sicinski will tell you exactly where: on the Internet. “I pull up on YouTube [illegally uploaded] works by Michael Snow, Ernie Gehreand…every time ...

Jonas Mekas, often described as the godfather of American avant-garde cinema, died aged 96 in his New York City home on Wednesday. “Dear friends, Jonas passed away quietly and peacefully early this ...

The avant garde pioneer, who also founded one of the great US film journals, has died aged 96 “There is no other way of breaking the frozen cinematic ground than a complete derangement of the official ...

This edition stands out with more than thirty world premieres, featuring works by established artists such as those mentioned above, as well as by young creators returning to the festival as ...

Streaming platforms for Avant-Garde: Experimental cinema of the 1920s and ’30s haven’t been announced yet. Check back soon for updates on where you can watch it online. 'Avant-Garde: Experimental ...