New Acquisitions
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New on 16mm: Lawrence Jordan’s Entr’acte II
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
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
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 on DVD: Elsa, VIS A VIS, Foreign Film Series, Unbound, Suburban Trilogy by Abigail Child
We are pleased to announce that the following works from filmmaker Abigail Child are now available to purchase on DVD: Elsa merdelamerdelamer + VIS A VIS: Elsa merdelamerdelamer (2013 | 4 minutes | B&W | SOUND) Digital. Abigail Child’s short, ELSA merdelamerdelamer, is a smoky, punky and sexy chapter in the collectively made Feminist bio-drama, […]
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Now Available on DVD: Recent and new works by Dana Plays
5 works by Dana Plays are now available to purchase on DVD from Canyon Cinema! Zero Hour (1992 | 30 minutes | B&W | SOUND) Through optical printing footage from a 1945 US Navy sponsored film promoting victory Bonds which depicts WWII orphans and intercutting of other documentation, Zero Hour refers to characteristic of current postwar […]
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Now Available: Paul Clipson’s LIGHT YEAR
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 on DVD: The Films of Bill Brand!
We are pleased to announce that the following works by filmmaker Bill Brand are now available to purchase on DVD through Canyon Cinema: Tree (1970 | 8 minutes | COLOR | SOUND) An old tree sits on a mound in an Ohio farm field. The filming of the tree and the metrical editing of the film […]
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Now Available from Lawrence Jordan: INFERNO on 16mm and New DVDs to Rent
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
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
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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