Winter 2011 Schedule
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RR (Benning, 2007)
RR by James Benning
Date: Jan 9, 2011 7:30PM
Location: Egyptian Theater in HollywoodLos Angeles Premiere! James Benning in person!
Chosen as one of the best movies of its year, and its decade, RR, by James Benning finally screens in Los Angeles. Filmforum begins its 2011 programming with this brilliant film, merging observation and motion, present-day commerce and the historical growth of America, in Benning’s inimitable style. James Benning will join us in person, and we hope you will as well for the start of Filmforum’s 36th year.
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Short of Breath (Rosenblatt, 1990)
Radical Light: The 1980s and 1990s
Date: Jan 16, 2011 7:30PM
Location: Egyptian Theater in HollywoodFilmmakers Timoleon Wilkins and Cauleen Smith, and curators Steve Anker and Kathy Geritz in person!
Radical Light: Alternative Film And Video In The San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–2000, (UC Press), edited by Steve Anker, Co-Curator of Film at REDCAT, and Pacific Film Archive curators Kathy Geritz and Steve Seid, is a rich compendium of essays, reminiscences and...
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Acceleration (Stark, 1993)
Radical Light: Small Gauge
Date: Jan 23, 2011 7:30PM
Location: The Echo Park Film CenterCurator Steve Anker in person!
Radical Light: Alternative Film And Video In The San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–2000, (UC Press), edited by Steve Anker, Co-Curator of Film at REDCAT, and Pacific Film Archive curators Kathy Geritz and Steve Seid, is a rich compendium of essays, reminiscences and striking visuals that attests to the vital and varied experimental film and video scene that has existed in the Bay Area for more than half a century. In conjunction with the book’s release, Filmforum and other organizations are hosting a series of screenings highlighting an amazing range of work produced in the Bay Area over the past seven decades. Filmforum’s show on January 23rd will highlight films made using the small gauges of super 8 and regular 8mm film!
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The Secret of Wendel Samson (Kuchar, 1966)
Filmforum's 35th Anniversary Show: A Celebration of Kodachrome
Date: Jan 30, 2011 7:30PM
Location: Egyptian Theater in HollywoodFilmforum’s 35th Anniversary Show: A Celebration of Kodachrome
Michael Kuchar in person! Reception to follow the show.
Filmforum started its regular public screenings in January 1976, and we're doing better than ever! We're delighted that we are still bringing you film and video art that you won't be able to see anywhere else.
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Football Like Never Before (Costard, 1970)
Costard's Football Like Never Before
Date: Feb 6, 2011 7:30PM
Location: The Echo Park Film CenterLos Angeles Filmforum and the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles present Fußball wie noch nie aka Football Like Never Before
Long before the films Zidane and Kobe Doin’ Work singularly followed their titular characters, German filmmaker Hellmuth Costard made the film that served as a model for both, Soccer Like Never Before, by, following George Best through one match of Manchester United in 1970
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Get Out of the Car (Andersen, 2010)
New Urban Observations
Date: Feb 13, 2011 7:30PM
Location: Egyptian Theater in HollywoodThom Andersen, Laura Kraning, and Steven Day in person!
These extraordinary films continue the rich tradition of the city symphony and the experiential films of the city, dating back to the earliest days of film.
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When Worlds Collude (Worden, 2008)
Fred Worden: Illusions and Altercations
Date: Feb 20, 2011 7:30PM
Location: The Echo Park Film CenterFred Worden in Person!
Los Angeles is proud to welcome one-time Angeleno Fred Worden with the first of two programs of his work in film and digital video, spanning four decades of moving image making.