"The cinematic mechanism cannot be completely deconstructed without resort to other means of mechanical image reproduction; a double system of...

Shots of city and country life come together to form an impressionistic whole. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

Naturalness willfully corrupted by inevitable self-consciousness, unwittingly corrupted by unavoidable naturalness, a role played with incredible...

The inevitable subjectivity and diaristic potential of landscape is foregrounded in this semi-structuralist work of weird poetic beauty. Preserved...

A sci-fi/occult/psychedelic performance film set to an original soundtrack by Rhys Chatham. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011.

No montage, no human subjects, minimal visual content, and the artists basically pissing on the fourth wall by calling attention in every way...

Cube and Room Drawings begins with a view looking down at an angle toward grey paper covering the floor. A performer enters from the back of the...

“When Picasso died I wanted to make the first post-mortem documentary, as I knew would happen anyway, and cheaply. The film took four hours to...

Experimental short 16mm film directed by Mike Henderson. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010.

A found footage film that innocently plays with many of the elements I explore in my own work. A family's playful interaction with a 16mm sound movie...

The surviving print of Mules and Gob Talk (the original introduction is missing) begins with spectacular vistas of Yellowstone National Park and...

"Beydler's magical Hand Held Day is his most unabashedly beautiful film, but it's no less complex than his other works. The filming approach is...

Possibly the most lucid, vivid, and awesome demonstration of the building up of still images to create moving ones, Pasadena Freeway Stills simply,...

In three virtuosic sequences created entirely in-camera, Benning alternates contrary camera movements in a trio of Chicago locations with increasing...

In Friendly Witness, Sonbert returned, after 20 years, to sound. In the first section of the film, he deftly edits a swirling montage of images -...

In Warren Sonbert's Honor and Obey soldiers march in formation, a tiger stalks through the snow, religious processions wind through the streets, and...

After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana journeys alongside Maui and a new crew to the far seas of Oceania and into...

Unlikely hero Mickey Barnes finds himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the...

Follow Robbie Williams' journey from childhood, to being the youngest member of chart-topping boyband Take That, through to his unparalleled...

Claressa Shields, a high school junior from Flint, Michigan, aided by her tough-love coach, Jason Crutchfield, pushes past all limitations to become...

Plankton's tangled love story with his sentient computer wife goes sideways when she takes a stand — and decides to destroy the world without...

A young sex worker from Brooklyn gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news...

During a weekend getaway at a secluded lakeside estate, a group of friends finds themselves entangled in a web of secrets, deception, and advanced...

A solitary cat, displaced by a great flood, finds refuge on a boat with various species and must navigate the challenges of adapting to a transformed...