Avant Garde Movies
- 1971
Fata Morgana
Fata Morgana6.61971HD
Shot under extreme conditions and inspired by Mayan creation theory, the film contemplates the illusion of reality and the possibility of capturing...
- 1926
Anemic Cinema
Anemic Cinema6.1791926HD
A spiral design spins. It's replaced by a spinning disk. These two continue in perfect alternation until the end: a spiral design, a disk. Each disk...
- 1931
Taris
Taris6.2471931HD
Short documentary directed by Jean Vigo about the French swimmer Jean Taris. The film is notable for the many innovative techniques that Vigo uses,...
- 2019
Luz
Luz5.162019HD
Luz, a young cabdriver, drags herself into the brightly lit entrance of a run-down police station. A demonic entity follows her, determined to...
- 1928
The Seashell and the Clergyman
The Seashell and the Clergyman6.71928HD
Obsessed with a general's wife, a clergyman has strange visions of death and lust, struggling against his own eroticism.
- 1971
Rabbit's Moon
Rabbit's Moon6.21971HD
A Japanese fairy tale meets commedia dell'Arte. All in white, the naïf Pierrot lies in a wood. Doo-wop music plays as he rises, stares about,...
- 1924
Diagonal Symphony
Diagonal Symphony5.51924HD
A tilted figure, consisting largely of right angles at the beginning, grows by accretion, with the addition of short straight lines and curves which...
- 1928
The Starfish
The Starfish6.91928HD
The romantic relationship between a man and a woman.
- 2020
Zappa
Zappa7.32020HD
With the help of more than 10,000 dedicated Zappa fans, this is the long-awaited definitive documentary project of Alex Winter documenting the life...
- 1987
The Dante Quartet
The Dante Quartet6.31987HD
A visual representation, in four parts, of one man's internalization of "The Divine Comedy." Hell is a series of multicolored brush strokes against a...
- 1928
Ghosts Before Breakfast
Ghosts Before Breakfast6.8571928HD
Hans Richter, noted for his abstract shorts, has everyday objects rebelling against their daily routine.
- 1968
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm7.0571968HD
In Manhattan's Central Park, a film crew directed by William Greaves is shooting a screen test with various pairs of actors. It's a confrontation...
- 1971
Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets
Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets7.41971HD
An experimental, psychedelic odyssey through Japanese subculture experienced via the eyes of a disillusioned young man, who must contend with intense...
- 2025
Animal Eye
Animal Eye02025HD
Scientists and philosophers work to understand animal vision in this multi textured rumination exploring our relationship to the nonhuman world.
- 2006
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A6.52006HD
An unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facility. More an exercise in style than storytelling,...
- 1970
Eden and After
Eden and After6.11970HD
A group of French students are drawn into the psychological and sexual games of a mysterious man called Duchemin. Once they sample his "fear powder"...
- 1962
Prelude: Dog Star Man
Prelude: Dog Star Man6.21962HD
A creation myth realized in light, patterns, images superimposed, rapid cutting, and silence. A black screen, then streaks of light, then an...
- 1928
The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra
The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra6.41928HD
This short experimental film tells the story of a man who comes to Hollywood to become a star, only to fail and be dehumanized. He is identified by...
- 1998
Sombre
Sombre6.41998HD
A serial killer stalks a woman he befriended after her car broke down.
- 1965
Empire
Empire4.21965HD
Filmed by Jonas Mekas from the 44th floor of the Time-Life Building, “Empire” explores the passage of time without the use of characters...