Timothy Leary at the Village Theatre, Kusama at the Cooper Square Playhouse, Hermann Nitsch “Orgy-Mystery” at the Filmmakers’ Cinematheque; Living Theatre’s “Paradise Now” at BAM; 7th Annual New York Avant Garde Festival, Wards Island, “Television as a creative medium” Howard Wise Gallery and more. – Anthology Film Archives
Timothy Leary at the Village Theatre, Kusama at the Cooper Square Playhouse, Hermann Nitsch “Orgy-Mystery” at the Filmmakers’ Cinematheque; Living Theatre’s “Paradise Now” at BAM; 7th Annual New York Avant Garde Festival, Wards Island, “Television as a creative medium” Howard Wise Gallery and more. – Anthology Film Archives
A filmmaker talks about his work and love life with an unseen friend behind the camera. We also watch four of his short films.
Kevin Smith interacts in Q&A sessions throughout various college stops in the USA.
In the Realms of the Unreal is a documentary about the reclusive Chicago-based artist Henry Darger. Henry Darger was so reclusive that when he died his neighbors were surprised to find a 15,145-page manuscript along with hundreds of paintings depicting The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glodeco-Angelinnian War Storm, Cased by the Child Slave Rebellion.
More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-stone-unturned search to discover what really happened to long lost rock god, Matt Smith, who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend. Teaming up with an eccentric amateur documentary filmmaker, Ellie hits the road in search of answers.
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.
The strange story of John McAfee, who went from millionaire software mogul to yogi, Kurtz-like jungle recluse to potential murderer, and most recently a prospective presidential candidate for the American Libertarian Party.
This special explores the return of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to the screen, as well as Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen to their classic roles. Director Deborah Chow leads the cast and crew as they create new heroes and villains that live alongside new incarnations of beloved Star Wars characters, and an epic story that dramatically bridges the saga films.
Filmmakers discuss the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock and the book “Hitchcock/Truffaut” (“Le cinéma selon Hitchcock”), written by François Truffaut and published in 1966.
Cast, crew and fans explore the “Back to the Future” time-travel trilogy's resonance throughout our culture, thirty years after Marty McFly went back in time.
Offbeat documentarian Chris Smith provides a behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on the set of Man on the Moon.