Avant Garde Movies

  • 1971
    Fata Morgana

    Fata Morgana

    Fata Morgana

    6.61971HD

    Shot under extreme conditions and inspired by Mayan creation theory, the film contemplates the illusion of reality and the possibility of capturing...

    Fata Morgana
  • 1926
    Anemic Cinema

    Anemic Cinema

    Anemic Cinema

    6.1791926HD

    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...

    Anemic Cinema
  • 1931
    Taris

    Taris

    Taris

    6.2471931HD

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

    Taris
  • 2019
    Luz

    Luz

    Luz

    5.162019HD

    Luz, a young cabdriver, drags herself into the brightly lit entrance of a run-down police station. A demonic entity follows her, determined to...

    Luz
  • 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
  • 1971
    Rabbit's Moon

    Rabbit's Moon

    Rabbit's Moon

    6.21971HD

    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,...

    Rabbit's Moon
  • 1924
    Diagonal Symphony

    Diagonal Symphony

    Diagonal Symphony

    5.51924HD

    A tilted figure, consisting largely of right angles at the beginning, grows by accretion, with the addition of short straight lines and curves which...

    Diagonal Symphony
  • 1928
    The Starfish

    The Starfish

    The Starfish

    6.91928HD

    The romantic relationship between a man and a woman.

    The Starfish
  • 2020
    Zappa

    Zappa

    Zappa

    7.32020HD

    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...

    Zappa
  • 1987
    The Dante Quartet

    The Dante Quartet

    The Dante Quartet

    6.31987HD

    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...

    The Dante Quartet
  • 1928
    Ghosts Before Breakfast

    Ghosts Before Breakfast

    Ghosts Before Breakfast

    6.8571928HD

    Hans Richter, noted for his abstract shorts, has everyday objects rebelling against their daily routine.

    Ghosts Before Breakfast
  • 1968
    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm

    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm

    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm

    7.0571968HD

    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...

    Symbiopsychotaxiplasm
  • 1971
    Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

    Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

    Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets

    7.41971HD

    An experimental, psychedelic odyssey through Japanese subculture experienced via the eyes of a disillusioned young man, who must contend with intense...

    Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets
  • 2025
    Animal Eye

    Animal Eye

    Animal Eye

    02025HD

    Scientists and philosophers work to understand animal vision in this multi textured rumination exploring our relationship to the nonhuman world.

    Animal Eye
  • 2006
    Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

    Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

    Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

    6.52006HD

    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,...

    Big Bang Love, Juvenile A
  • 1970
    Eden and After

    Eden and After

    Eden and After

    6.11970HD

    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"...

    Eden and After
  • 1962
    Prelude: Dog Star Man

    Prelude: Dog Star Man

    Prelude: Dog Star Man

    6.21962HD

    A creation myth realized in light, patterns, images superimposed, rapid cutting, and silence. A black screen, then streaks of light, then an...

    Prelude: Dog Star Man
  • 1928
    The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra

    The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra

    The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra

    6.41928HD

    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...

    The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra
  • 1998
    Sombre

    Sombre

    Sombre

    6.41998HD

    A serial killer stalks a woman he befriended after her car broke down.

    Sombre
  • 1965
    Empire

    Empire

    Empire

    4.21965HD

    Filmed by Jonas Mekas from the 44th floor of the Time-Life Building, “Empire” explores the passage of time without the use of characters...

    Empire