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Now available: Piyut I-V by Abraham Ravett
Abraham Ravett collects five films on Judaism and familial memory on a DVD, Piyut I-V. It is now available for individual and institutional sale. Piyut I-V (2009-2012 | 94 minutes | COLOR/B&W) DVD collection of five films made 2009 – 2012. Notes For A Polish Jew (2012, 8 min, 16mm, silent) From Prague To Poland (2010, 15 min, digital, […]
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New filmmaker: Diane Kitchen
Diane Kitchen is an experimental ethnographer of indigenous life and keen observer of the natural world. Her films are once again available to rent from Canyon Cinema. Videe (2014 | 8.5 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) Consulting the text of the natural world. Filmed in a spruce forest. Ecstatic Vessels (2007 | 21 minutes | COLOR | […]
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Now available: Wasteland No. 1: Ardent, Verdant by Jodie Mack
Jodie Mack’s eulogy for victims of planned obsolescence, Wasteland No. 1: Ardent, Verdant is now available to rent. Wasteland No. 1: Ardent, Verdant (2017 | 4.5 minutes | COLOR | SILENT) A eulogy for wasted potential sends the out of date to the out of body: trash to treasure. An appetite for destruction charts the product life […]
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Now available: Athyrium filix-femina by Kelly Egan
Kelly Egan’s reflection on Anna Atkins and the gendered legacy of photographic art and science, Athyrium filix-femina, is now available on 35mm. Athyrium filix-femina (2016 | 5 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) The second in a series of “quilt films” that pay homage to the work of pioneering female artists, Athyrium filix-femina reimagines Anna Atkins’ foundational work […]
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12/13/18 // Stinky Wieners and Dreamy Beavers: Curt McDowell Restorations
Stinky Wieners and Dreamy Beavers: Curt McDowell Restorations Thursday, December 13th, 2018 // 6:30 PM Minnesota Street Project // 1275 Minnesota Street, San Francisco Facebook Event Presented in association with the UNTITLED, Cinema and Minnesota Street Project. With Jon Davies and Melinda McDowell in person. free and open to the public “Curt McDowell worked in San Francisco from […]
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12/7/18 // Gestures in Response (CCA Cinema Rendezvous)
CCA Cinema Rendezvous + Canyon Cinema Salon Friday, December 7th, 2018 // 7:00 PM 16 Sherman Street Facebook Event Presented in association with the California College of the Arts Film Program. free and open to the public Our next Salon takes place on Friday, December 7 at 7:00 PM. Please join us as we welcome […]
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Now available: Barbara Hammer restorations
Thirteen restored prints of Barbara Hammer’s films are now in circulation, courtesy of the Academy Film Archive, Electronic Arts Intermix, the National Film Preservation Foundation, and the Film Foundation, with funding provided by the George Lucas Family Foundation. History Lessons (2000 | 66 minutes | COLOR/B&W | SOUND) Available from Canyon for the first time! […]
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Now available: new prints, films & files from Julie Murray
Julie Murray has deposited two 16mm blowups of early Super 8 work; two 16mm films previously unavailable through Canyon; nine new prints of works already in the catalog; and seven files representing her recent digital work. FF (1986 | 10 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) New 16mm blowup print courtesy of the National Film Preservation Foundation! FF […]
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Now available: three films by Colin Barton
Hot off his visit in May for a Salon in San Francisco, experimental animator Colin V. Barton has added three films to the catalog. People In Pain (2009 | 10 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) A passage of pain resonates the cries for help only answered by death, explored through stages of suffering and release. Give […]
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11/16/18 // A Darkness Swallowed + Firefly
Betzy Bromberg’s A Darkness Swallowed (with Coni Beeson’s Firefly) Friday, November 16th 2018 // 7:30 PM Artists’ Television Access Tickets – $7.00 – $10.00 sliding scale a Darkness Swallowed Betzy Bromberg 2005 78min “When a Darkness Swallowed opens on some old photographs, it seems to be one kind of film, a personal work exploring memory, perhaps focusing on […]
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