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    6/15/19 // The Decay of Fiction

    Posted May 28th, 2019 in Co-Presentations, Events and Screenings, News / Events

    The Decay of Fiction Saturday, June 15th, 2019 // 2:00 PM Roxie Theater // 3117 16th St, San Francisco, CA “The Decay of Fiction is an intersection of fact and hallucination in an abandoned luxury hotel. The hotel is in Hollywood. The walls of the Ambassador are cracked and peeling, the lawns are brown, and mushrooms grow […]

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    1/16/19 // Naomi Uman’s Mala Leche and Unnamed Film

    Posted January 3rd, 2019 in Events and Screenings, News / Events

    Naomi Uman’s Mala Leche and Unnamed Film Wednesday, January 16th, 2019 // 7:00 PM Little Roxie Theater // 3117 16th St, San Francisco, CA Facebook Event Each of these films by Naomi Uman are more typically presented together with other works from her oeuvre. Mala Leche is often paired with her thesis film, Leche, which preceded it. Unnamed Film is […]

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    Bruce Baillie’s 88th Birthday Celebration

    Posted September 21st, 2018 in Announcements, News / Events

    The eminent, esteemed Bruce Baillie has telephoned Canyon Cinema headquarters with this message, which we faithfully here broadcast to the world: Birthday for Dr. Bish September 24 Number 88! All invited Anthony’s Restaurant near Everett, Washington Uniform of the day: Dress blues Spread the Word Anyone interested in making the trip is welcome to get in touch with […]

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    8/21/18 – Paul Clipson Filmmaker at The Roxie

    Posted August 16th, 2018 in Announcements, Events and Screenings, News / Events

    Tuesday, AUGUST 21 // 6:30 PM // The Little Roxie PAUL CLIPSON FILMMAKER 3117 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103 map event website: https://www.roxie.com/ai1ec_event/paul-clipson-filmmaker/?instance_id=28715 In 2015 & 2017, Paul Clipson curated and presented programs of experimental films from the collection at Canyon Cinema. One was screened as part of their salon series and the other, an event […]

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    Canyon Cinema now distributing the films of Fred Worden

    Posted August 14th, 2018 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events

    Canyon Cinema is thrilled to announce the availability of more than a dozen 16mm films spanning the career of a post-1960s pioneer of cinematic optical investigation, Fred Worden. “Originally from Southern California (as a young surfer dude he was nearly the drummer for his friends’ band The Leaves), Worden obtained his BA from Colorado College […]

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  6. New Brakhage prints at Canyon: Gift (1973) and Chartres Series (1994)

    Posted May 31st, 2018 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events

    Through the courtesy of the Estate of Stan Brakhage and the Academy Film Archive we are pleased to announce two recent additions to the Canyon catalog: For the first time in distribution at Canyon Cinema,  a new print of Stan Brakhage’s Gift is now available. Gift (1973 | 2. 5 min | color | silent) A “found […]

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    Now available – new preservation print Warren Haack’s Selective Service System

    Posted May 28th, 2018 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, News / Events

    Courtesy of filmmaker Warren Haack and the Academy Film Archive, we are pleased to announce a new 16mm print from a recently completed preservation is now in distribution at Canyon. Selective Service System (1970 | 13 min | color | sound) Since 1956, the United States had been involved in a ground war in Asia. The […]

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  8. Announcing the return to distribution of Toney Merritt’s Welcome to the House of Raven

    Posted May 24th, 2018 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events

    Following his appearance in the Canyon Cinema salon screening series, we are pleased to announce the return to distribution of Toney Merritt’s 1997 film Welcome to the House of Raven. Welcome to the House of Raven (1997 | 3 min | B&W | sound) A dance. When magic is a verb. The Beginning of the End. The […]

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    Now Available – Digital copies of Seven Works by Matthias Müller

    Posted November 28th, 2017 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, News / Events

    Canyon Cinema is pleased to announce that Matthias Müller is making available the following seven of his films in digital formats, in addition to the 16mm and 35mm prints in distribution: Alpsee | 1994 | 15 minutes | COLOR | SOUND Rental Format(s): 16mm film, 24 fps / Digital File “Despite the seemingly innocuous gestures of household life, a […]

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    Now available: Josephine Massarella’s Light Study

    Posted May 23rd, 2016 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films

    Canyon is pleased to announce this latest addition to Massarella’s films in distribution – beautifully photographed on 16mm and available for distribution in high definition digital formats. Josephine Massarella | 2013 | 12.5 minutes | COLOR/B&W | STEREO Rental Format(s): Digital File (Quicktime ProRes 1920×1080) Sale Format(s): Blu-Ray Disc   Light Study is a poetic examination of the wetlands, forests, […]

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