José Val del Omar Exhibition at MoMI and Roundtable Discussion at NYU

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José Val del Omar Exhibition at MoMI and Roundtable Discussion at NYU

Since March of this year, the Museum of the Moving Image has shown the work of prolific multimedia artist José Val del Omar in an exciting, ongoing exhibition titled Cinema of Sensations: The Never-Ending Screen of Val del Omar. Gartenberg Media Enterprises is proud to distribute, to the North American university market, 14 stunning Val del Omar films in a 5-disc boxset titled VAL DEL OMAR: ELEMENTAL DE ESPAÑA.

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The Brooklyn Rail and the Film-Makers' Cooperative Screen Five Maya Deren Films for Labor Day

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The Brooklyn Rail and the Film-Makers' Cooperative Screen Five Maya Deren Films for Labor Day

Today, Labor Day, The Brooklyn Rail and the Film-Makers’ Cooperative have made five essential films by the Mother of American Avant-Garde Cinema, the only and only Maya Deren, available to view online, for free, for 24 hours! GME is proud to distribute these five Deren titles — 1943’s MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON, 1944’s AT LAND, 1945’s A STUDY IN CHOREOGRAPHY FOR THE CAMERA, 1946’s RITUAL IN TRANSFIGURED TIME, and 1948’s MEDITATION ON VIOLENCE — to universities in the United States and Canada as both DVDs and DVD/DSL bundles.

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Lav Diaz's BATANG WEST SIDE Screens at Spectacle Microcinema on September 2nd

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Lav Diaz's BATANG WEST SIDE Screens at Spectacle Microcinema on September 2nd

On Saturday, September 2nd, 2023, at 5pm, Spectacle Microcinema (124 S. 3rd Street) will screen Lav Diaz’s 2001 feature film BATANG WEST SIDE. This is the final program in Spectacle’s months-long retrospective of Diaz’s work, which began on March 25th, 2023. This fall, GME will distribute BATANG WEST SIDE, along with Diaz’s 2018 short THE BOY WHO CHOSE THE EARTH, in a forthcoming DVD/DSL combo pack made in collaboration with Edition-Filmmuseum.

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May Roundup of Screenings Related to GME's DSL, DVD, & Blu-ray Offerings

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May Roundup of Screenings Related to GME's DSL, DVD, & Blu-ray Offerings

This past month saw the work of several filmmakers distributed by GME programmed in venues in the U.S. and abroad. It is a reminder of both the durability of these artists and their works and the ongoing interest in the kinds of notable independent and experimental moving image work that GME strives to provide to our buyers.

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GME Notes with Sadness the Passing of Legendary Underground Filmmaker Kenneth Anger

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GME Notes with Sadness the Passing of Legendary Underground Filmmaker Kenneth Anger

Kenneth Anger (1927-2023) embodied the love-hate relationship between underground art and mass culture. Few other avant-garde filmmakers borrowed so liberally or so subversively from popular iconography. And with his sensuous, mystical imagery and pioneering use of pop soundtracks, perhaps none saw their work so readily absorbed back into the mainstream.

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April Roundup of Screenings Related to GME's DSL, DVD, & Blu-ray Offerings

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April Roundup of Screenings Related to GME's DSL, DVD, & Blu-ray Offerings

This past month saw the work of several filmmakers distributed by GME programmed in venues in the U.S. and abroad. It is a reminder of both the durability of these artists and their works and the ongoing interest in the kinds of notable independent and experimental moving image work that GME strives to provide to our buyers.

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Films and Filmmakers Distributed by GME Showing in The City: Real and Imagined Series at Film Forum

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Films and Filmmakers Distributed by GME Showing in The City: Real and Imagined Series at Film Forum

Films by Peter Emmanuel Goldman, Alfred Hitchcock, Ken Jacobs, and GME consultant Fred Riedel are screening in this extensive series presented in association with the Museum of the City of New York’s centennial exhibition This Is New York: 100 Years of the City in Art and Pop Culture.

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LIGHT CONE PRESENTS A TRIBUTE TO DORE O. (1946-2022)

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LIGHT CONE PRESENTS A TRIBUTE TO DORE O. (1946-2022)

The screening at Luminor City Hall in Paris pays tribute to the work and legacy of one of the great pioneers of German experimental cinema, yet relatively unknown to this day. In the 1960s, within the post-war German artistic landscape, the painter Dore O. was one of the first women to make experimental films independently and consistently.

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Amy Taubin Guest Curates Carte Blanche Series at MoMA

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Amy Taubin Guest Curates Carte Blanche Series at MoMA

Noted film critic Amy Taubin has accepted an invitation by The Museum of Modern Art to delve into their archives to conjure a thrilling, thrumming vision of New York City, the place she has called home her entire life.

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Museum of the Moving Image Presents Seminal Films by Maya Deren and F.W. Murnau

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Museum of the Moving Image Presents Seminal Films by Maya Deren and F.W. Murnau

Major works by masters of their respective genres, Maya Deren and F.W. Murnau, are being screened April 22nd (Deren) and 23rd (Murnau) at MoMI.

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