New Acquisitions

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   Septuagenarian Collaborations now available on DVD

   Posted December 27th, 2017 in New Acquisitions, New DVDs, News / Events
   

   Jerry Orr and Gary Adlestein’s six-year joint project Septuagenarian Collaborations is now available on DVD for rental and sale. Septuagenarian Collaborations (2010-2016 | 49 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) By Gary Adlestein and Jerry Orr Three non-narrative tales based on literary classics (by way of 1950’s Classic Comics) and an experimental meditation on how fast, […]

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   Now available: Newt Pauses by Amy Halpern

   Posted December 26th, 2017 in New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   Amy Halpern’s biological study Newt Pauses is now available to rent on 16mm. Newt Pauses (2016 | 7.5 minutes | COLOR | SILENT) Notopthalmus viridescens Endangered species on an endangered medium. The timing is unaltered, the animals’ own.

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   New print: James Broughton’s The Bed

   Posted December 20th, 2017 in New Acquisitions, News / Events
   

   A new print of James Broughton’s erotic counterculture classic The Bed is now available to rent–just in time for the film’s fiftieth anniversary! The Bed (1968 | 20 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) Camera, Bill Desloge; Music, Warner Jepson. “One of the most lyrically erotic of independent films, THE BED is a merry allegory which […]

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   Jerome Hiler’s Bagatelle II and Marginalia available to rent

   Posted December 18th, 2017 in New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   Two recent films by lyrical San Francisco filmmaker Jerome Hiler are now available to rent. Bagatelle II (2016 | 16 minutes | COLOR | SILENT) “Mr. Hiler’s misleadingly titled “Bagatelle II” draws on ravishing moments in time (dancing lights, scudding clouds, a bathing woman) that build into what seems like a self-portrait of the artist” […]

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   Jason Halprin joins the Canyon catalog

   Posted December 15th, 2017 in New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
   

   We are pleased to welcome Jason Halprin to the collection. His film War Heb Je Voor Het Gekeken is now available to rent. War Heb Je Voor Het Gekeken (2004 | 8 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) “My attempt at a City Symphony of Amsterdam, the title is taken from a poorly compiled Dutch-English traveller’s […]

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   New print: Bruce Baillie’s Mass for the Dakota Sioux

   Posted December 14th, 2017 in New Acquisitions, News / Events
   

   A newly struck print of Canyon founder Bruce Baillie’s San Francisco hymnal Mass for the Dakota Sioux is now available to rent! Mass for the Dakota Sioux (1964 | 20 minutes | B&W | SOUND) A film Mass, dedicated to nobility and excellence. The film begins with a short introduction – “No chance for me […]

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   Brice Bowman joins Canyon catalog

   Posted December 13th, 2017 in New Acquisitions, New DVDs, News / Events
   

   Canyon Cinema is pleased to offer four films by prolific California painter and filmmaker Brice Bowman for rental on DVD. Narcotics, In the Next Room (2012 | 8 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) A film in a series which takes a look at managing existence without a permanent residence. Shot on digital video, 2012.   […]

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   Twelve DVDs from Lynne Sachs now available for rental

   Posted December 12th, 2017 in New Acquisitions, New DVDs, News / Events
   

   Twelve titles from experimental documentarian Lynne Sachs are now available to rent on DVD from Canyon. Window Work (2000 | 9 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) A woman drinks tea, washes a window, reads the paper – simple tasks that somehow suggest a kind of quiet mystery within and beyond the image. Sometimes one hears […]

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   Daniel Barnett’s White Heart available on DVD

   Posted December 11th, 2017 in New Acquisitions, New DVDs, News / Events
   

   Cinematic philosopher Daniel Barnett’s rare and influential film White Heart is now available for individual and institutional sale on DVD. White Heart (1975 | 53 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) “Daniel Barnett is a leading experimental filmmaker who develops complex metaphors in his films out of rephotography and other post-production techniques…White Heart is his longest […]

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10. 

    Four new films from Nathaniel Dorsky available to rent

    Posted December 7th, 2017 in New Acquisitions, New Films, News / Events
    

    Four recent films from Nathaniel Dorsky are now available to book. “For the past several years California experienced an extreme drought. Several winter rainy seasons with barely any rainfall. But this past winter good fortune brought a bountiful amount of storms and liquid refreshment. The spring that followed took on magical and celebratory qualities of […]

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