In 1997 on a visit to America, Austrian filmmaker Martina Kudlacek rang the doorbell of the Anthology Film Archives in New York City. Anthology’s director, filmmaker Jonas Mekas, opened the door as he ...

“My films are for everyone. I include myself, for I believe that I am a part of, not apart from humanity; that nothing I may feel, think, perceive, experience, despise, desire, or despair of is really ...

Maya Deren (1917-’61) did more than anyone else to create the American experimental film as we know it, and this 2002 German documentary (in English) by Martina Kudlacek is the best portrait of an ...

In this age of celebrity and relentless hype, it’s hard to recall a time when dedicated, internationally renowned artists often lived and worked apart from the media’s gaze. That certainly was the ...

Maya Deren's Sink, a 30 minute experimental film, is an evocative tribute to the mother of avantgarde American film. The film calls forth the spirit of one who was larger than life as recounted by ...

Brazilian artist and onetime +2 member Domenico Lancellotti, who has worked with the likes of Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil and more over the years, has just released The Good is a Big God, his first ...

Cameron Olsen has a boundless passion for the art of cinema, and loves nothing more than to closely examine the great works thereof. He has a bachelor’s degree in film from the University of Utah, and ...

Faculty member Amresh Sinha’s essay “From Photographic Servitude to Cinematic Emancipation: The Poetic Films of Maya Deren” has just been published in the second edition of the book Filmmakers on Film ...

Her influence is vast: The Maya Deren Theater at Anthology Film Archives is a permanent reminder of the director’s invaluable contribution to American avant-garde filmmaking; her work is echoed in the ...