Avant Garde Movies

  • 2011
    The Shining: Forwards and Backwards

    The Shining: Forwards and Backwards

    The Shining: Forwards and Backwards

    22011HD

    An experimental film comprised of Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING played forwards and backwards at the same time on the same screen, creating bizarre...

    The Shining: Forwards and Backwards
  • 1959
    Elbow (As Such)

    Elbow (As Such)

    Elbow (As Such)

    101959HD

    A tale of two brothers from babies to adulthood told without words. One brother is upstaged by the other from the crib onward. Eventually the tables...

    Elbow (As Such)
  • 1997
    The Autumn Alley

    The Autumn Alley

    The Autumn Alley

    91997HD

    A docudrama about art and creativity; based on modern art gallery in Tehran and its founder Jazeh Tabatabai.

    The Autumn Alley
  • 2012
    Theodore of the Absurd

    Theodore of the Absurd

    Theodore of the Absurd

    02012HD

    A surreal musical comedy set in a world where the avant-garde and the mainstream are reversed.

    Theodore of the Absurd
  • 1976
    Superdyke Meets Madame X

    Superdyke Meets Madame X

    Superdyke Meets Madame X

    6.21976HD

    From the first kiss to breakup, Almy and Hammer record their relationship on a reel-to-reel ¾” tape recorder and microphone.

    Superdyke Meets Madame X
  • 2026
    7 Piano Sketches

    7 Piano Sketches

    7 Piano Sketches

    5.82026HD

    A piano tuner wanders through the streets of New York after dark, seeking artistic inspiration. Sketchbook in hand, he observes the city’s...

    7 Piano Sketches
  • 2017
    Electro-Pythagorus: A Portrait of Martin Bartlett

    Electro-Pythagorus: A Portrait of Martin Bartlett

    Electro-Pythagorus: A Portrait of Martin Bartlett

    82017HD

    Electro-Pythagorus is an intimate and subjective portrait of the late Martin Bartlett, the Canadian electronic music pioneer who studied with Pauline...

    Electro-Pythagorus: A Portrait of Martin Bartlett
  • 1923
    Rhythm 23

    Rhythm 23

    Rhythm 23

    5.71923HD

    We watch white shapes dancing on black background, which changes when the white shape fills up the screen completely, and black lines and figures...

    Rhythm 23
  • 1996
    Prelude 8

    Prelude 8

    Prelude 8

    61996HD

    ...as removed as possible from any recognition of either exterior scene of interior feedback phenomena. It is, in its ineffability, as close to pure...

    Prelude 8
  • 2002
    Cremaster 3

    Cremaster 3

    Cremaster 3

    6.62002HD

    CREMASTER 3 is set in New York City and narrates the construction of the Chrysler Building, which is in itself a character - host to inner,...

    Cremaster 3
  • 2013
    Woche

    Woche

    Woche

    02013HD

    Woche
  • 2024
    Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray

    Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray

    Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray

    6.42024HD

    An immersion into the surreal and dreamlike world of painter, photographer and filmmaker Man Ray (1890-1976), one of the most prolific American...

    Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray
  • 2011
    Dear God No!

    Dear God No!

    Dear God No!

    3.52011HD

    A gang of outlaw bikers pull a home invasion on a disgraced Anthropologist hiding a secret locked in his cabin basement.

    Dear God No!
  • 1970
    Mosolov's Suitcase

    Mosolov's Suitcase

    Mosolov's Suitcase

    01970HD

    The life of Ukrainian-Soviet avant-garde composer Alexander Mosolov inspires three stories about creation and individualism in the face of state...

    Mosolov's Suitcase
  • 2006
    Destruction of the Berlin Wall

    Destruction of the Berlin Wall

    Destruction of the Berlin Wall

    02006HD

    Filmed in Berlin, July 1990. Images of workers taking down the wall and street peddlers selling pieces of it to make a living. From the cycle of...

    Destruction of the Berlin Wall
  • 2010
    Me, Myself, and My Third Eye: 4 Enlightened Stories For 1 Imperfect God

    Me, Myself, and My Third Eye: 4 Enlightened Stories For 1 Imperfect God

    Me, Myself, and My Third Eye: 4 Enlightened Stories For 1 Imperfect God

    62010HD

    Features four distinct, bizarre, existential tales about people whose lives are in transition, who are each asking questions about themselves, their...

    Me, Myself, and My Third Eye: 4 Enlightened Stories For 1 Imperfect God
  • 1992
    John Cale: Fragments of a Rainy Season

    John Cale: Fragments of a Rainy Season

    John Cale: Fragments of a Rainy Season

    61992HD

    Solo live concert recorded in Brussels, April 12, 1992. Tracks: 1) On A Wedding Anniversary 2) Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed 3) Do Not Go Gentle...

    John Cale: Fragments of a Rainy Season
  • 1971
    A Girl Is a Gun

    A Girl Is a Gun

    A Girl Is a Gun

    5.51971HD

    The intense and twisted relationship between a man and a woman in a bizarre wilderness, as a seductress accompanies a gunslinger fleeing from a posse.

    A Girl Is a Gun
  • 1970
    Within

    Within

    Within

    01970HD

    This psychedelic horror short inspired by vintage cinema follows a raped girl's descent into derangement and makes the audience feel as...

    Within
  • 1928
    The Seashell and the Clergyman

    The Seashell and the Clergyman

    The Seashell and the Clergyman

    6.71928HD

    Obsessed with a general's wife, a clergyman has strange visions of death and lust, struggling against his own eroticism.

    The Seashell and the Clergyman