GME Gem 20: HENRI STORCK - SCENES OF SUMMER BY THE SEA

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GME Gem 20: HENRI STORCK - SCENES OF SUMMER BY THE SEA

Henri Storck (Ostend 1907 - Brussels 1999) lived through the whole history of cinema, passing from silent to sound, and from experimental to lyrical documentary. He is recognised as a pioneer of Belgian cinema and a key figure in documentary. An eyewitness of his times, he made socially engaged films, but also poetic and experimental short films, films on art and a fiction feature. His body of work consists of 70 films, including a series of accounts, presented on this Blue-ray/DVD edition, on his native city of Ostend of which he was the chronicler and which remained, for him, the Queen of beaches.

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Films and Filmmakers Distributed by GME Showing in New York, 1962–1964: Underground and Experimental Cinema Series and Exhibition by Film at Lincoln Center, Film Forum and the Jewish Museum

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Films and Filmmakers Distributed by GME Showing in New York, 1962–1964: Underground and Experimental Cinema Series and Exhibition by Film at Lincoln Center, Film Forum and the Jewish Museum

1962 to 1964 was a pivotal moment in the evolution of American arts and culture, especially in New York City. These years, crucial to the development of Pop, Minimalism, and performance, saw the emergence of a new generation of radical artists, as well as venues that gave their iconoclastic work a home and a context. Movies, meanwhile, were undergoing a transformation of their own: the rise of a truly independent cinema, of works unencumbered by the medium’s aesthetic conventions and commercial imperatives.

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GME Notes the Recent Passing of Claes Oldenburg and Ivana Trump

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GME Notes the Recent Passing of Claes Oldenburg and Ivana Trump

Two bold-face named New Yorkers passed this week, individuals who personified their respective areas of interest, one in the arts and the other in the art of public perception. Both were among the iconic subjects of photographer Jack Mitchell’s camera. Jack Mitchell (1925 – 2013) photographed artists, dancers, film and theatre performers, musicians and writers in more than 6,000 individual sessions. His work frequently appeared on the cover of major magazines as well as in newspapers.

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GME Streamline Presents a Free Stream of Vivian Ostrovsky's COPACABANA BEACH

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GME Streamline Presents a Free Stream of Vivian Ostrovsky's COPACABANA BEACH

GME is pleased to announce the a special free stream for the month of July of this humorous glimpse at what happens every morning on the wavy sidewalks of Copacabana beach, as conceived by Vivian Ostrovsky, a citizen of the world who has made films in Brazil, France, Israel, Japan, the Soviet Union and the United States.

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LEADER OF THE PACK ALBUM COVER PHOTO BY HUGH BELL LICENSED FOR PHYLLIS NAGY ABORTION DRAMA FEATURE

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LEADER OF THE PACK ALBUM COVER PHOTO BY HUGH BELL LICENSED FOR PHYLLIS NAGY ABORTION DRAMA FEATURE

This photo for the cover of The Shangri-Las debut album from 1965 is one of many commercial photos by Hugh Bell, whose photographs appeared on dozens of album covers throughout the period. They primarily featured jazz artists, including Sarah Vaughn, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Stitt, Cannonball Adderly, Houston Person, Bill Hardman, Larry Coryell, and the Nat Dixon Quartet. Director Nagy included this cover in her upcoming Roadside Attractions release CALL JANE, starring Elizabeth Banks, Sigourney Weaver, and Kate Mara, about a 1960s housewife (Banks) who joins the Jane Collective to fight for women's rights as she struggles to cope with her need for an abortion during a time of limited social or political support.

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