New Films

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   Now Available on 16mm: New Prints of James Broughton’s Hermes Bird and High Kukus, and Broughton & Joel Singers’ The Gardener of Eden

   Posted July 16th, 2015 in New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   New, beautiful prints of Hermes Bird, High Kukus and The Gardener of Eden are now available for loan from Canyon Cinema! High Kukus (1973 | 3 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) “A visualization of the Zen dictum of ‘sitting quietly, doing nothing,’ HIGH KUKUS uses a single beautiful visual image while it delights with a poetic […]

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   Now Available on 16mm: 8 Films by Saul Levine

   Posted June 18th, 2015 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   We at Canyon Cinema are beyond excited to announce 8 films now available to rent on 16mm by Saul Levine! Falling Notes Unleaving (2013 | 13 minutes | color | sound) Made almost fifty years after his debut film, Saul Levine’s FALLING NOTES UNLEAVING presents the filmmaker returning to the inspiration of Stan Brakhage and […]

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   New on 16mm: Nursing History by Marian McMahon

   Posted June 17th, 2015 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is honored to offer Nursing History by the late, great Marian McMahon for loan on 16mm. Marian McMahon’s contributions to Canadian critical film and video practice have had a substantial impact on contemporary art discourse in Canada. Her work created a dialogue for women’s experiences, interlacing personal and shared subjectivities to examine the […]

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   New on 16mm: Lawrence Jordan’s Entr’acte II

   Posted June 15th, 2015 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   We are pleased to announce that Entr’acte II, the latest work from filmmaker Lawrence Jordan, is now available to rent on 16mm! Entr’acte II (2015 | 2 minutes | color | sound) In ENTR’ACTE II the walls come tumbling down. The wheels come off the wagon: Thunder, Lightning, Explosive meditations. Everything seems tobe happening at […]

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   New on 16mm: Two Films from Mark Toscano

   Posted June 11th, 2015 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is happy to announce the acquisition of two new films by our friend, preservationist extraordinaire and former board member,  filmmaker Mark Toscano! Certain Things (2014 | 4 minutes | color | sound) Certain things you remember. These are two of them, remembered by my father, as we drove north on S. Las Vegas […]

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   New 16mm print: Oskar Fischinger’s Allegretto

   Posted May 4th, 2015 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   A new 16mm print of Oskar Fischinger’s ALLEGRETTO is now available through Canyon Cinema! Allegretto (1936-43 | 3 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) “Visually, ALLEGRETTO is very rich indeed. Fischinger’s fascination with the new (to him) technique of cell animation led him to experiment with multi-layered see-through constructions which are more diverse and complex on the […]

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   Now Available: Paul Clipson’s LIGHT YEAR

   Posted March 31st, 2015 in New Acquisitions, New Films
   

   Paul Clipson’s LIGHT YEAR is now available to rent on 16mm through Canyon Cinema! Light Year (2013 | 10 minutes | color | sound) A commission for the San Francisco Exploratorium, this film-collage studies the water systems and architecture of the San Francisco waterfront, in abstract and formal contexts. The musical score by Tashi Wada […]

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   Now Available from Lawrence Jordan: INFERNO on 16mm and New DVDs to Rent

   Posted March 5th, 2015 in Announcements, New DVDs, New Films, News / Events
   

   Big news for fans of Lawrence Jordan: several DVDs of the esteemed animator’s works are now available to rent through Canyon Cinema. But that’s not all– Jordan’s Inferno is now available on 16mm! After the Circus (2013 | 9 minutes | B&W | SOUND) An exploration into the 19th century death mystiques, which rely heavily on the […]

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   Two films by Jerome Hiler now available through Canyon Cinema

   Posted January 16th, 2015 in New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   We are thrilled to announce that IN THE STONE HOUSE and WORDS OF MERCURY by accomplished filmmaker Jerome Hiler are now available from Canyon Cinema! Never before in circulation, these deeply personal films reflect Hiler’s preoccupations with light, rhythm, and visual craftsmanship. Jerome Hiler began his creative life as a painter and was a student […]

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    Now Available: Mekong and Kolkata by Mark LaPore

    Posted January 15th, 2015 in Announcements, New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
    

    Two new prints of Mark LaPore’s ethnographic work are now available!                       Kolkata (2005 | 35 minutes | B&W | SOUND) A portrait of North Kolkata (Calcutta), this film searches the streets for the ebb and flow of humanity and reflects the changing landscape of a […]

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