Film
A Mesmerizing Film Follows Two Men in Desperate Need of Connection
Taiwanese slow cinema luminary Tsai Ming-liang’s new film Days draws heartbreak and humanity out of activities as mundane as cooking and acupuncture.
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Books
A Spellbinding Approach to Film Criticism
Erika Balsom’s latest book advocates for the possibilities of film criticism — a splitting open of countless pathways that reveal and deepen but never exhaust.
Film
Experimental Animation Gems by Suzan Pitt, Walerian Borowczyk, and More
Here are some cartoons outside the mainstream, from a mischievously psychosexual short to an allegory for post-WWII Europe.
Film
Stream a Fantastic Program of International Experimental Documentaries
The new film festival Prismatic Ground has put together a terrific inaugural online slate, featuring Lynne Sachs, Bill Morrison, Fox Maxy, and more.
Film
A Unique Source for Experimental Asian American Films Returns
After a successful run in 2020, the online repertory series My Sight is Lined with Visions returns for a full year of rotating programs.
Books
When Japan Reinvented Filmmaking
A new book looks at a heady time in the 1960s, when avant-garde Japanese artists explored genre-blending intermedia and expanded cinema.
In Brief
Now Is the Perfect Time to Learn About William Greaves
A new website dedicated to the pioneering Black filmmaker collates hundreds of valuable resources about his work.
Film
The Creative Approach One Filmmaker Is Taking to Depict the Hong Kong Protests
Experimental director Simon Liu's shorts seek "a new lexicon of approaches" to the city.
Film
New York Stories That Play With Connection and Form
Among the shorts playing the 2020 New York Film Festival, those in the New York Stories block embody the spirit of a city erroneously declared dead, offering studies in movement and character.
Film
Our Favorite Experimental Films From the Toronto International Film Festival
Highlights included Ephraim Asili’s striking debut feature The Inheritance and Nicolás Pereda’s Fauna, an inventive story within a story.
Art
Experimental Films Contemplate the Future From an "Endangered Present"
After Civilization, a free, month-long film series presented by Maysles Documentary Center, explores broader questions of what if and what now.
Film
How Asian American Representation in Film Has (and Hasn't) Changed Over the Years
My Sight is Lined with Visions presents films from the Asian American indie/arthouse wave of the ’90s. Hyperallergic talked to programmers Keisha Knight and Abby Sun about complicating ideas of cultural celebration.