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    Congratulations to Lawrence Jordan, recipient of this year’s Stan Brakhage Vision Award.

    Posted November 13th, 2014 in Announcements, News / Events

    Canyon Cinema co-founder Lawrence Jordan is this year’s recipient of the Stan Brakhage Vision Award. The honor will be presented at the 37th Starz Denver Film Festival by the Denver Film Society during a program celebrating the venerable filmmaker and his films. Congratulations! Three cheers for Lawrence Jordan! This event will take place Sunday, November […]

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    Now Available: Four new works on 16mm by Nathaniel Dorsky

    Posted November 4th, 2014 in New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events

    Four new works by Nathaniel Dorsky, Avraham, Summer, December, and February, are now available to rent on 16mm from Canyon Cinema! Check out these films fresh off of their Viennale premieres… Avraham (2014 | 20 minutes | COLOR | SILENT) “In most of my films I have had the burden of adding a title afterwards. Sometimes the word […]

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    10/27/2014 — Canyon Cinema Salon, Seeing Something Always Hidden: A Program of Films Selected by Denah Johnston

    Posted October 6th, 2014 in Announcements, Canyon Cinema Salon, News / Events

    PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENING WILL BE HOSTED BY JOHN CARLSON! Please join Canyon Cinema on the evening of October 27th, 2014  (PLEASE NOTE RESCHEDULED DATE!) for the first presentation in our Salon series of the Fall season. This month, our own Denah Johnston has curated “Seeing Something Always Hidden,” a program that investigates a number of artists whose work is […]

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  4. Robert Huot, Rolls 1971

    Now Available: Robert Huot’s ROLLS 1971

    Posted October 1st, 2014 in New Acquisitions, New Films

    A complete 16mm print of Robert Huot’s Rolls (1971) is available for the very first time through Canyon Cinema! Rolls (1971) (1972 | 97 minutes | COLOR/B&W | SILENT) From A Critical Cinema, by Scott MacDonald: “The year 1971 was particularly intense for Huot: he was struggling to learn how to manage [his] farm, his […]

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    Now Available: Four works by Beth Block

    Posted September 28th, 2014 in New Acquisitions, New DVDs, News / Events

    Four new works by Beth Block are now available from Canyon! MeTube (2013 | 15 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) An exploration of the underbelly of the internet, focusing on self-indulgence, emotional dysfunction and spiritual angst. Too much time, too much technology and nothing to say. Our children have learned well from us. For more […]

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  6. Victor Faccinto, Facts and Figures

    Now Available: Three Films by Victor Faccinto

    Posted September 25th, 2014 in New Acquisitions, New DVDs, News / Events

    Three new works by Victor Faccinto are now available through Canyon! Facts and Figures (2012 | 11 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) A digitally contructed visual presentation of details from the lives of three American historical figures: Thomas Edison, Teddy Roosevelt, Fatty Arbuckle. For more information and to rent or buy this title, click here! […]

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    Now Available on 16mm: 45 7 Broadway (Nishikawa, 2013)

    Posted September 25th, 2014 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events

    Tomonari Nishikawa’s 45 7 Broadway is now available! Tomonari Nishikawa | 2013 | 5 minutes | COLOR | SOUND | 16mm This is about Times Square, the noises and movements at this most well-known intersection. The film was shot on black and white films through color filters, red, green, and blue, then shots were optically […]

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    Four new films by Nathaniel Dorsky to premiere this autumn at the Viennale 2014 as part of the Vienna International Film Festival

    Posted August 29th, 2014 in Announcements, Events and Screenings, News / Events

    Summer, December, February and Avraham will be screened onMonday, October 27th at the Viennale 2014 as part of the Vienna International Film Festival.  Summer and December will be European premieres and February and Avraham, world premieres. The screening will take place at the at the Metro Kino Theater, Johannesgasse 4, Vienna as part of the […]

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  9. Attractions, Instructions, and Other Romances

    Now Available on DVD: Compilations from Peter Tscherkassky

    Posted August 28th, 2014 in New Acquisitions, New DVDs, News / Events

    Two DVD compilations of Peter Tscherkassky’s work, Attractions, Instructions, and Other Romances and Films From a Dark Room, are now available to purchase through Canyon!                           Attractions, Instructions, and Other Romances  (1982-2010 | 91 minutes | BOTH | SOUND) This new DVD compiles […]

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    James Broughton Centennial Screenings at the PFA!

    Posted August 28th, 2014 in Events and Screenings, News / Events

                        As part of the “Alternative Visions” series and in celebration of James Broughton’s centennial, Canyon Cinema and the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley are pleased to announce two screenings, coming in September! Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton 7:00 PM Wednesday September 10th at […]

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