Film Love
curated by Andy Ditzler

"An Atlanta film culture treasure"  -- Creative Loafing, Best of Atlanta 2006

"Party on, Andy" - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Film Love series provides access to great but rarely-screened films, and promotes awareness of the rich history of experimental and avant-garde filmmaking.

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Upcoming events

April 18: Tongues Untied, 20th anniversary screening
details soon!


Past screenings

THE WORLDS OF GEORGE KUCHAR
A three-night series devoted to the underground filmmaking legend
057> A Zest for Life: classic 1960s and 1970s films by the Kuchars (Eyedrum, March 21, 2008)
056> Stormy Weather: George Kuchar in the Elements (Emory University, March 20, 2008)
055> The Video Diaries of George Kuchar: an overview, presented by Gene Youngblood (Emory University, March 18, 2008)
Southern Voice review    Atlanta Journal-Constitution review    Creative Loafing interview with George Kuchar

054> Tearoom: a document presented by William E. Jones (Eyedrum, February 22, 2008)  Creative Loafing review
Creative Loafing interview with William E. Jones    Southern Voice review

053>
Openings: Music and experimental film (Eyedrum, December 9, 2007)
An evening of short experimental films with live soundtracks by Atlanta musicians.

052> Dead Flowers (Eyedrum, November 10, 2007)
two films on gardens, loss, seasons, and the passage of time

051> Film Love #51 (Eyedrum, November 3, 2007)
three films on childhood, memory and growing up, shown as part of the Frequent Small Meals festival

050> Music and experimental film (Eyedrum, November 2, 2007)
three films shown as part of the Frequent Small Meals festival

049> STILL/MOVING: still photography in the moving image  / Part Two: pictures worth a thousand words (Eyedrum, October 20, 2007) 
program notes

048> STILL/MOVING: still photography in the moving image  / Part One: Speed of Light (Eyedrum, October 17, 2007)  program notes

047>
ART/SPACE: Artists in the public space (outdoor screening, beside the Davis Waldron gallery, Atlanta, September 29, 2007)

046>
How to Cope: Performance, Possession, Politics (Eyedrum, August 23, 2007)

045> Summer of Love: Sex, Drugs, Rock, Art and Protest in the Counterculture circa 1967 (Eyedrum, July 21, 2007)
Atlanta Journal-Constitution review    Creative Loafing review

044> A/V Geeks Greatest Hits
(Eyedrum, Friday, July 6, 2007)    Creative Loafing review
Skip Elsheimer profile

043> Our Folks: Poetic Documentaries About Family (Eyedrum, June 9, 2007)

041, 042> Andy Warhol 3 and 4: Screen Tests and Portraits of Edie Sedgwick

(Eyedrum, May 4 and 5, 2007)

040> Films by Robert Nelson and Gunvor Nelson: Collaborations and Friendships in the 1960s San Francisco Underground (Eyedrum, April 8, 2007)


039> Lynn Marie Kirby: Views from the center before and after Edison (Eyedrum, February 2007)

038> Andy Warhol 2: Space (Eyedrum, January 27, 2007)   

037> Andy Warhol 1: Early Minimalist Films (Eyedrum, January 26, 2007)     program notes    Creative Loafing review     Indiewire review


036> A Lesson in Camp - guest curator Robert Coddington (FSM Lounge, January 2007)
a program of televised oddities from camp icons, accompanied by a showing of Nikolai Ursin's film "Behind Every Good Man" (1966) - one of the first films to feature an out gay African-American man

035> INFO DEMO: The Skin I'm In (Eyedrum, January 11, 2007)
Hollis Frampton's film Lemon shown as part of the long-running series at Eyedrum    program note

THEREFORE I LIVE: Home Movies, Personal Cinema, and the Avant-Garde (Eyedrum, October 2006)
This five-part series was the official film series for Atlanta Celebrates Photography 2006
034> Part 5: The Universal Truths
033> Part 4: Testament
032> Part 3: Here Now
031> Part 2: In the Garden of Film
030> Part 1: See the World

029> Robbie Land: Cine-Performance (Eyedrum, September 3, 2006)

028> Charlemagne Palestine: Filmworks
(Eyedrum, September 2, 2006)

027> Carnivals of Ecstasy:
Tony Conrad and the New York Underground
(Eyedrum,
September 1, 2006)
"a night of hallucinatory, shamanistic, erotic, and hilariously decadent ecstasy" --Art Papers review, November/December 2006
Pitchfork review     Creative Loafing review


026> Warren Sonbert: Friendly Witness and Other Films (Eyedrum, July 13, 2006)    program notes    Deeper into Movies review

025> Nguyen Tan Hoang (Eyedrum, May 11, 2006)    program    review

024> Experimental Documentary  (Eyedrum, April 14, 2006)    program

023> Tony Conrad (Eyedrum, March 19, 2006)    program

022> The Films of Jim Trainor (Eyedrum, January 6, 2006)   program

AVAILABLE LIGHT: THE USE OF LIGHT IN ARTISTS' FILMS
A five-part series presented as part of Atlanta Celebrates Photography 2005
021> Available Light 5: Refracted Light - Films by Stan Brakhage and Jim Davis (Eyedrum, November 2, 2005)    program

020> Available Light 4: Local Lightworks (Eyedrum, October 28, 2005)   
an evening of light-themed video works by Atlanta artists, curated by Shana Wood

019> Available Light 3: The Light Series (Eyedrum, October 19, 2005)    program notes

018> Available Light 2: On-Off (Eyedrum, October 12, 2005)    program

017> Available Light 1: Lighting the Space - Films by Gordon Matta-Clark and Anthony McCall (Eyedrum, October 7, 2005)    program notes

016> Kenneth Anger: Mouse Heaven and other works (Eyedrum, August 19, 2005)      program notes     review (1.1 Mb)

015> Chantal Akerman: From the Other Side (Eyedrum, May 26, 2005)

014> Act Up Fight Back: Art and Activism in the Time of AIDS, part 2 (Emory University, April 1, 2005)  program

013> Act Up Fight Back: Art and Activism in the Time of AIDS, part 1 (Eyedrum, March 30, 2005)  program notes

012> Gregg Bordowitz at Eyedrum (March 23, 2005)
The activist and videomaker introduced his video work Habit (2001).

011> NOW! Short Films on African-American Experience in the 1960s (February 25, 2005)  program notes  review

010> Joseph Cornell (January 20, 2005)    program notes    review

009> Protesting the Vietnam War, 1966 - 1971 (October 2, 2004)     program notes    review

008> Word and Praxis: Gertrude Stein (Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA, June 2004)
Stan Brakhage's Visions in Meditation #1 shown during an evening dedicated to the study of Gertrude Stein and her influence.

007> Karlheinz Stockhausen: Music and Film (75th birthday concert at Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA, November 14, 2003)
Peter Moore's film Stockhausen's Originale: Doubletakes shown during a concert by Ensemble Sirius   program notes

006> An evening of Cameraless Film (October 29, 2003)    program notes

005> Actionist Cinema (August 14, 2003)    program notes

004> Beat Cinema 4: Portrait of Jason (April 25, 2003)

003> Beat Cinema 3: Stan Brakhage (March 28, 2003)    program notes

002> Beat Cinema 2: Christopher Maclaine (February 28, 2003)    program notes

001> Beat Cinema 1: Pull My Daisy/This Song For Jack (January 24, 2003)    program notes    review


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