I'm delighted to have contributed a little essay to this limited-edition zine about the last man standing from the French New Wave, Luc Moullet. It's tied to the upcoming @mezzaninefilm.bsky.social retrospective of Moullet's restored films in L.A. www.mezzaninefilm.com/product-page...

"Everyone involved seems to be having a great time, and the filmmakers never pass at any idea, be it comic or dramatic.” - @filipefurtado.bsky.social Ícaro Martins & José Antonio Garcia's radical sex comedy ONDA NOVA (1983) has its first-ever US screening, newly restored! 8/17 @2220arts.bsky.social

"A staggering high-wire act: an exquisite melodrama about the seedy underbelly of Paris imbued w/ the kind of flashy punctiliousness we’d typically associate with...filmmakers like Vincente Minnelli & Stanley Donen." -Steve Macfarlane ROSA LA ROSE, FILLE PUBLIQUE screens tomorrow night!

Just announced! A riotous all-16mm program of oddballs and rarities from the personal archives of legendary Chicago animator Heather McAdams and musician Chris Ligon, appearing in person for this special event! Presented with LA Filmforum. Tickets: link.dice.fm/KJYLST71iUb?...

Just announced! ROSA LA ROSE, FILLE PUBLIQUE (1986) a film by Paul Vecchiali L.A. premiere of a brand new restoration, courtesy of American Genre Film Archive Tuesday, July 15 Brain Dead Studios 7:00pm & 9:00pm Tickets: t.co/sazdpicchK

Produced by Todd Haynes and Christine Vachon, the brilliant, newly restored OREOS WITH ATTITUDE (1991) follows a young affluent black couple who take social climbing to new heights by adopting a white child. Screens next Tues 6/17 @2220arts.bsky.social in a shorts program curated by Brandon Harris.

Brown Paper Bag Party in Bohemia: short films by Hal Hartley, Vin Diesel and Larry Carty A program of NYC-set films about the nature of racial and other identities, guest-curated by writer and film critic Brandon Harris. Tues, June 17 @2220arts.bsky.social www.mezzaninefilm.com/event-detail...

RIP to the great American independent filmmaker Michael Roemer. We are honored to have shared his films with L.A. audiences. Seek out all of his masterpieces: NOTHING BUT A MAN THE PLOT AGAINST HARRY DYING PILGRIM, FAREWELL VENGEANCE IS MINE www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/m...

Next Tuesday: Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn's blissed-out social satire L FOR LEISURE screens on occasion of the tenth anniversary of its original theatrical run, with co-director Lev Kalman in person! 5/13 at 8pm @2220arts.bsky.social link.dice.fm/yeZXGXdR7Sb

say Los Angeles you can see THE DELLS on Tuesday. I saw it today and it is great!!

“[Kluz depicts] a counter-intuitively funny ensemble of people (not least the filmmaker) finding humor in a default hopeless place.” -Vadim Rizov, @filmmakermagazine.com.web.brid.gy West Coast premiere of Nellie Kluz's THE DELLS screens next Tuesday 4/29 at @2220arts.bsky.social: t.co/GeqPZAA4dp

We are thrilled to present the West Coast premiere of Nellie Kluz's THE DELLS, a beautifully observed portrait of tourism and labor in the American Midwest, with the filmmaker in person. Presented with MEMORY. 4/29 at @2220arts.bsky.social! t.co/GeqPZAA4dp

"Extraordinary... [The] drama is varied, nuanced and and startling... Roemer turns observation into unrelenting and harrowing emotional immediacy." -Richard Brody, The New Yorker Michael Roemer's DYING (1976) screens in a brand new restoration this Thursday 2/20 at @2220arts.bsky.social.

Next week: the U.S. premiere of a new restoration of Dominik Graf's THE CAT (1988), courtesy of American Genre Film Archive. Tuesday, February 11 8pm @2220arts.bsky.social Tickets: link.dice.fm/mac4d3e04166...

On Valentine's Day, we present a new restoration of Jean-Luc Godard's dazzling and provocative 2001 feature, a lush blend of film and video that remains among the most emblematic films of the early 21st century. IN PRAISE OF LOVE (Éloge de l’amour) screens February 14 at 2220 Arts + Archives.

Just announced! Dominik Graf's THE CAT (1988) U.S. premiere of a new restoration courtesy of American Genre Film Archive Tuesday, February 7 at 8pm @2220arts.bsky.social Tickets: t.co/a0ruqGXlLu

Really looking forward to introducing MARJOE next month at @mezzaninefilm.bsky.social — get your tickets!

Just announced! Howard Smith & Sarah Kernochan’s MARJOE (1972), selected and introduced by Liz Brown Tuesday, January 14 @2220arts.bsky.social “An outrageous, disturbing black comedy.” -Amos Vogel https://link.dice.fm/yYKb3BqBnPb?sharer_id=6176e95203f75e0001e916e4

Coming in Jan: a verité double bill that sharply and humorously depicts the social and civic lives of neighborhoods in NYC and Los Angeles. Claire Read's PENN F---ING STATION + Susan Mogul's EVERYDAY ECHO STREET: A SUMMER DIARY Tue, Jan 7 @2220arts.bsky.social www.mezzaninefilm.com/event-detail...

Songs Build Little Rooms in Time: David Berman Remembered A live event with readings and performances by: David Longstreth Britta Phillips Anahid Nersessian John Tottenham + others Followed by a screening of SILVER JEW + a video introduction by Cassie Berman. 1/4. 7:30pm. https://t.co/BHc020sLXD

Next week: HOT TICKET + A CONVERSATION WITH ZOË LUND at Now Instant Image Hall We present the L.A. premiere of a short by actress Zoë Lund, newly restored, followed by an unreleased video interview with Lund in 1997 by Douglas Buck. 11/25 at 7:30. Tickets: https://now-instant.la/events/hot-ticket

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