Announcements

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   New for Sale: Film Independents 1964

   Posted July 24th, 2014 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New DVDs, News / Events
   

   Now available to purchase from Canyon Cinema… Film Independents 1964 (1964 | 57 minutes) This historic DVD is a collection of short films made by members of the group Film Independents, whose activities in the 1960s constitute an important foundation of the Japanese avant0garde. The group’s first event took place in 1964, when its members […]

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   Now Available on DVD: Films By Richard Myers

   Posted July 21st, 2014 in Announcements, New DVDs, News / Events
   

   Several new compilations of Richard Myers’ work are now available to purchase on DVD! 1. Three Films By Richard Myers: The Path, First Time Here, and Coronation The Path (1961| 20 minutes | B&W | Silent) “Light as the symbol of the ineffable. The ‘plot’ of this subjective recreation of a dream seems to concern […]

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   Society of Cinema and Media Studies Supports Canyon Cinema

   Posted July 18th, 2014 in Announcements, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is happy to announce a new partnership with The Society for Cinema and Media Studies! SCMS, the leading scholarly organization dedicated to Film and Media studies in the United States, made an official announcement on their website July 16th: The Society for Cinema and Media Studies is proud to announce that it is […]

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   Now Available on DVD: Films by John Carney

   Posted July 18th, 2014 in Announcements, New DVDs, News / Events
   

   Two films by John Carney, Bal-Anat and Black Jackets and Choppers, are now available to purchase on DVD! Bal-Anat(1975, 20 min) There was a time in the 1970’s when Middle Eastern culture and dance gained widespread popular attention in the Bay Area through the offerings of Jamila Salimpour and her exciting and exotic dance troupe, […]

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   Now Available on 16mm: Bruce Baillie’s Little Girl!

   Posted July 15th, 2014 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   This new restoration of Bruce Baillie’s Little Girl by Academy Film Archives rings in the first edition of the film available to rent ever! “This film by Bruce Baillie, completed in 1966 but unreleased until 2014, is contemporaneous with Castro Street, but is much more formally connected to All My Life or Still Life, also from […]

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   Now Available on DVD: Films of Alice Anne Parker Severson

   Posted July 12th, 2014 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New DVDs, News / Events
   

   A DVD compilation of works by Alice Anne Parker (Severson) is available to purchase from Canyon Cinema! Included films: I Change I Am the Same (1969 | 1 min | B&W | Sound) A short, hilarious film of a woman and a man in various stages of undress – in their own and each other’s […]

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7. Canyon Cinema Salon with Doug Wendt Monday June 30 at New Nothing Cinema

   Posted June 16th, 2014 in Announcements, Canyon Cinema Salon, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   Join us Monday, June 30th at New Nothing Cinema for an evening with filmmaker and visual artist, Doug Wendt. Wendt, once coined  “one of the most original and zany minds in underground film”, will be presenting some old favorites along with several previously unseen and unreleased works. Given Mr. Wendt’s comedic finesse, this event is certainly […]

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   5/15/2014 – Light + Sound Machine Presents… A TRIBUTE TO CANYON CINEMA

   Posted May 12th, 2014 in Announcements, Events and Screenings, News / Events
   

   This Thursday,  May 15th  The Light & Sound Machine in Nashville, Tennessee will present A Tribute To Canyon Cinema at Third Man Records! Featuring work by Paul Sharits, Peter Kubelka, Will Hindle, Scott Stark, Abigail Child and many more, this program highlights “greatest hits” along with overlooked gems from our catalog. To purchase tickets and […]

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   New 16mm and DVDs available from Janis Crystal Lipzin and Sergio Batiz

   Posted April 22nd, 2014 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New DVDs, New Films, News / Events
   

   New on DVD from Janis Crystal Lipzin: De Luce 2: Architectura | 2013 | color | sound | 8.5 min. Super 8mm transferred to video Light & photo-chemistry collide and conspire against 12 different architectural backdrops suspending and dissolving celluloid matter into a luminosity reminiscent of Mark Rothko’s radiant field paintings. The original film was shot […]

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10. 

    my gaze / / / yr gaze * denah a. johnston: Sunday April 27th

    Posted April 21st, 2014 in Announcements, Events and Screenings, News / Events
    

    my gaze / / / yr gaze * denah a. johnston 7pm sunday april 27th at n/a gallery in oakland, california 4304 west street oakland, california 94608 n/a is very excited to present a selection of shorts by denah a. johnston, director of operations at the canyon cinema foundation. this special presentation features works on 16mm motion […]

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