Who Is Bozo Texino? (2006)

Bill Daniels' incredible documentary is a feast for the eyes and ears.

8-Track Minds and Retro Rewinds

We all carry pieces of pop culture around with us. Some people however, hang on to…

Kubasa in a Glass (2006)

Kubasa in a Glass (Canada, 2006) 65 min color DIR: Atelier National du Manitoba, Matthew Rankin,…

Cold War Collages: Five Films by Bruce Conner

If during the Cold War, America learned to stop worrying and love the bomb, well then…

Peter Mettler: The Voyage Within

“It’s okay if you get frustrated or fall asleep in parts. That’s just like what happens…

DIARIES, NOTES AND SKETCHES: Pieces of Time With Jonas Mekas

Note: this article was originally published in Vol. #1, Issue #9, 2003. This documented a weekend-long…

Circle of Life: The Films of Jack Chambers

This fall offered us the rare opportunity to see the films of the esteemed Jack Chambers…

The Night I Met Elwy Yost

How do you compress years of adulation into those few minutes where you meet your idol?…

PERSONAL FICTIONS: A brief look at the video work of Sadie Benning

Sadie Benning is a kind of cult figure in the video art world. She began her…

MY VERY OWN PRIVATE DIONYSIA: The Films of James Broughton

“Poetry, like love and religion, is a glorious conjunction of sense and nonsense.”  James Broughton, Testament…

ENCHANTING AND ALOOF: The Cinema of Chantal Akerman

Note: this piece on Chantal Akerman is informed by only the films that I was able…

Remembering the Nostalgic Cinema

In my teenaged years, when I first really became interested in cinema, I would go to…

NIGHTMARISH VISIONS: The Cinema of Coleman Francis

Many directors started out as actors who were fed up starring in other people’s claptrap and…

Arch Hall Jr: Wild Guitars and Nasty Rabbits

Arch Hall Jr. was hired by his daddy to rip up country roads in hot rods,…