VIKA KIRCHENBAUER PGM 1
Six experimental shorts by Vika Kirchenbauer, from a seductive address out of a black void to a work on the impossibility of tickling yourself. She is there in person.
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VIKA KIRCHENBAUER PGM 2
Four shorts by Vika Kirchenbauer that take on the art economy's labor politics and its complicit institutions, from a welcome address to a study of early public art exhibitions. The filmmaker attends.
LAU NOAH'S "A DECADE OF MIRACLES" - A FOLK OPERA IN DEFENSE OF HUMAN ART
Classical, jazz and folk musicians trade songs by ear and memory, never written down and never improvised. Expect a short film, an early listen to the record, and a live set.
Manual Cinema: The 4th Witch
Watch a film get made live: overhead projectors, paper puppets and tiny sets build the screen image, with a live score. The story begins where Shakespeare's play ends.
SI OFFSITE | Rafał Skoczek: Kino Drift
Marching with the Kasama plays beside two related films, in a project that folds exchanges with audiences and militants into how the material is interpreted and distributed.
VACANCES
Filmed over ten years at a Provence villa, this documentary follows a bohemian countess grandmother and her strained family around the pool. The filmmaker will be there in person.
PLAYING WITH FIRE: AN ECOSEXUAL EMERGENCY
Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens close their ecosexual climate trilogy with a film about fire, narrated partly by a white peacock, and they open each show with a performative "Ecosex 101."
WOMEN IN ANIMATION PGM 1: ANIMATED ANIMALS
Ten shorts spotlighting women in animation, from a silent flower-fairy film to Mary Ellen Bute and Sally Cruikshank, many from 35mm and 16mm. Mindy Johnson and Rachael Guma introduce.
AVATARS: THE DOMINATRIX SLEEPS TONIGHT
Six shorts spanning four decades, by or with people from the leathersex scene, treat the dominatrix as an elusive figure of artifice. Includes Beth B's band video and overlooked and censored work.
WOMEN IN ANIMATION PGM 2: ON BEING A WOMAN
Nine animated shorts by women, from a 1930s Lotte Reiniger film to Signe Baumane's Birth, with Faith Hubley and Caroline Leaf in between, all on the subject of being a woman.
The Downtown Festival: ART/New York & 3 Downtown Artists + Q&A
Puts Robert Mapplethorpe, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Nan Goldin together on one bill with ART/New York, and a Q&A rounds it out. A screening for anyone drawn to downtown art.
SEDUCTION: THE CRUEL WOMAN
Monika Treut and Elfi Mikesch's film follows Wanda, a dominatrix and gallerist who lets patrons watch her scenes, and uses Sade's "Venus in Furs" to question the spectator's role.
WOMEN IN ANIMATION PGM 3: SUNFLOWER LANE
A new film by six artists plays alongside shorts by Caroline Leaf, Sandy Moore, and Faith Hubley, including a digital restoration of a 16mm work and a Hubley film on 35mm.
NARROW ROOMS: LES FANTÔMES DU HARD + FISTULE
Experimental documentaries dig through the videotape archive of a pioneering gay BDSM club's founder, paired with Emre Busse's tragic, camp short built around an anal fissure.
The Downtown Festival: Chelsea Walls + Q&A
A big-screen showing of Chelsea Walls, part of The Downtown Festival, with a Q&A afterward, so the film gets a live conversation instead of just end credits.
ANDRZEJ WAJDA 100
A centennial retrospective of Polish director Andrzej Wajda, put together by Film Forum, an independent repertory house. A chance to see his films in a small room, on a limited run.
Wings of Desire
A chance to see Wings of Desire on a proper cinema screen at an independent art house theater, where it's listed under the cinema's Kaboom section.
The Downtown Festival: The Basics of Philosophy + Q&A
A big-screen look at the basics of philosophy, paired with a Q&A, as part of the Downtown Festival. A good pick if you like an evening out that gives you something to think about.
The Downtown Festival: Dwarf Neon Mayfield + Q&A
Dwarf Neon Mayfield screens in a cinema as part of The Downtown Festival, paired with a Q&A, so you can stay and hear the conversation about the film.
The Downtown Fest: The Mayflower + Q&A
The Mayflower screens as part of The Downtown Fest, paired with a Q&A. A chance to see it on a big screen at an independent art house theater and stay for the conversation.
