Avant Garde Movies

  • 1931
    Taris

    Taris

    Taris

    6.31931HD

    Short documentary directed by Jean Vigo about the French swimmer Jean Taris. The film is notable for the many innovative techniques that Vigo uses,...

    Taris
  • 1977
    Riddles of the Sphinx

    Riddles of the Sphinx

    Riddles of the Sphinx

    4.81977HD

    In this avant-garde classic, protagonist Louise deals with a change in her lifestyle in which she must learn to negotiate domestic life and...

    Riddles of the Sphinx
  • 1967
    The Illiac Passion

    The Illiac Passion

    The Illiac Passion

    4.31967HD

    Prometheus, on an Odyssean journey, crosses the Brooklyn Bridge in search of the characters of his imagination. After meeting the Muse, he proceeds...

    The Illiac Passion
  • 1985
    Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music?

    Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music?

    Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music?

    8.11985HD

    Frank Zappa and his band in a digitally recorded live performance at "The Pier" in New York, NY on August 26, 1984.

    Frank Zappa: Does Humor Belong in Music?
  • 2010
    Frank Zappa: The Freak Out List

    Frank Zappa: The Freak Out List

    Frank Zappa: The Freak Out List

    02010HD

    On the liner notes to Freak Out!, the 1967 debut album by Zappa's original band the Mothers of Invention, Zappa listed some seventy-two names on the...

    Frank Zappa: The Freak Out List
  • 1997
    Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde

    Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde

    Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde

    71997HD

    Man Ray, the master of experimental and fashion photography was also a painter, a filmmaker, a poet, an essayist, a philosopher, and a leader of...

    Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde
  • 1962
    Cosmic Ray

    Cosmic Ray

    Cosmic Ray

    6.41962HD

    Experimental short uses Ray Charles' “What'd I Say” as accompaniment to constantly shifting collage of female nude, cartoons, and...

    Cosmic Ray
  • 2016
    Night Flight: Born Again

    Night Flight: Born Again

    Night Flight: Born Again

    02016HD

    Documentary tribute to what VH1 called “the single greatest rock omnibus program ever aired” and Brooklyn Vegan named “the most...

    Night Flight: Born Again
  • 1988
    Put More Blood Into the Music

    Put More Blood Into the Music

    Put More Blood Into the Music

    7.81988HD

    PBS produced documentary in two parts: the first is dedicated to saxophonist and composer John Zorn; the second is about Sonic Youth at the height of...

    Put More Blood Into the Music
  • 1986
    Butthole Surfers: Blind Eye Sees All

    Butthole Surfers: Blind Eye Sees All

    Butthole Surfers: Blind Eye Sees All

    01986HD

    Blind Eye Sees All is a concert video by Butthole Surfers, which was released on VHS tape in 1985 through Touch and Go Video. The bulk of the video...

    Butthole Surfers: Blind Eye Sees All
  • 1983
    Dream of a Summer Night

    Dream of a Summer Night

    Dream of a Summer Night

    7.81983HD

    Rock musical adaptation of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream".

    Dream of a Summer Night
  • 2019
    The Giverny Document (Single Channel)

    The Giverny Document (Single Channel)

    The Giverny Document (Single Channel)

    02019HD

    Filmed on location in Harlem and in Monet’s historic gardens in Giverny, this multi-textured cinematic poem meditates on the bodily integrity...

    The Giverny Document (Single Channel)
  • 2020
    A Report on the Party and the Guests

    A Report on the Party and the Guests

    A Report on the Party and the Guests

    12020HD

    Europe, 2028. A humanlike creature washes ashore, carrying with him a motionless body he calls his mother. He is on a mission of some kind, reporting...

    A Report on the Party and the Guests
  • 2011
    Eyes

    Eyes

    Eyes

    02011HD

    An experimental short film.

    Eyes
  • 2009
    Henry John and the Little Bug

    Henry John and the Little Bug

    Henry John and the Little Bug

    02009HD

    Dinner time in a remote home of a prairie family turns nightmarish when a band of blood spattered outlaws break through the front door in search of...

    Henry John and the Little Bug
  • 2023
    Three Mirrors Creature's Flashes of Flesh

    Three Mirrors Creature's Flashes of Flesh

    Three Mirrors Creature's Flashes of Flesh

    12023HD

    In the aftermath of an emotional shock, a ruthless high-class manager faces her own abyss, becomes pervaded by a sensory spirit and undertakes a...

    Three Mirrors Creature's Flashes of Flesh
  • 2006
    About Buenos Aires

    About Buenos Aires

    About Buenos Aires

    52006HD

    Eleven young film-makers got together to collaborate in this atypical project. Atypical not only because of its technical specs, but because of its...

    About Buenos Aires
  • 1964
    Bela Bartók

    Bela Bartók

    Bela Bartók

    6.51964HD

    A portrait of the life and work of the great Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, exploring both his music and his passionate interest in...

    Bela Bartók
  • 2015
    Cancelled Faces

    Cancelled Faces

    Cancelled Faces

    52015HD

    Korea, the now: A young man makes a fateful encounter with a stranger he passionately falls in love with. When Unk rides his scooter through the...

    Cancelled Faces
  • 1968
    Lonesome Cowboys

    Lonesome Cowboys

    Lonesome Cowboys

    51968HD

    Five lonesome cowboys get all hot and bothered at home on the range after confronting Ramona Alvarez and her nurse.

    Lonesome Cowboys