Art
A Night of Martha Colburn’s Satirical, Surrealist Films
From a hand-painted critique of the evils of television to a humorous celebration of feline exhibitionists, Colburn's singular short films explore a range of themes.
Echo Park Film Center
Art
Documentary and Experimental Film by Native American Artists
The Indigenous Now film program brings together performance-based cinematic works by several Native American artists, situated between the documentary and experimental.
Test 2018 posts
Dig Into the Archives of an Avant-Garde Bay Area Film Distributor
In honor of its 50th anniversary, Canyon Cinema is hitting the road for an international tour of screenings featuring avant-garde and artist-made films.
Art
Black-and-White Animation Made out of Tiny Pins
Created completely by hand, the analog process yields a warmth and idiosyncratic quality hard to reproduce with digital technology.
Art
Highlights from Five Decades of Bay Area Queer Cinema
Bay Area filmmaker and lecturer Irwin Swirnoff will host a program on June 30 at the Echo Park Film Center showcasing five decades of queer films from northern California.
Art
A Roving Festival of Abstract, Experimental Cinema Touches Down in LA
The Punto y Raya Festival (Spanish for "Dot and Line") features the work of over 4,500 artists who focus on "pure form, color, motion and sound."
Opinion
A Character Actor Gets a Trilogy of His Own
LOS ANGELES — “Who is Tony Longo?” my editor inquired, after I pitched her on this piece about Thom Andersen’s new short film "The Tony Longo Trilogy" (2014).