James Hansen

I love the moment in HOT ROD when Andy just keeps falling down the mountain. Kinda similar?

I've received queries about individual lists. Some contributors agreed to share, others didn't. I can compile + publish independently (maybe on LM site?), but it will take time. Getting this together has been a big lift. And 1000+ LM submissions & rapidly approaching semester await. I'm tired.

Totally understand. If anyone invites me onto a podcast to discuss (lol), this would be a point of conversation I’d be happy to engage.

Part of the issue is choosing an individual work by, say, New Red Order, who received 5 votes for 4 different films. So missed both lists. Many similar examples.

"Given the number of individual submissions, the published results suggest consensus where there is none."

I agree with you and get the frustration. I reached out to as many people as I could to try to cover Cinema (film, video, media, installation, etc). Most artists you mention received votes.

It would have been a hit, but it didn't make sense in the context of the installation / exhibition and trying to frame that work. Wasn't because we don't love Dusty Stacks!

(Fwiw, 10 different films of hers received votes. Lots of variation among voters).

I floated re-performing Dusty Stacks to Jodie last year when we were working on her exhibition + LM lecture/performance. We moved onto other ideas rather quickly. 🤣

:/

The 63 Best Experimental Films of the 21st Century (So Far) - Filmmaker Magazine Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources.

In response to the NYT lists, I called for contributors to submit 15 titles for Best Experimental Cinema of the 21st Century.

109 ballots, 940 films, and 550 artists later, these are the results.

Huge thanks to @filmmakermagazine.com.web.brid.gy for stepping up to publish.

tinyurl.com/484u9f2z

Perhaps should not broadcast this widely, but I believe there is only one film in Currents that has even been submitted for LM this year. Not sure what to think or say about that. "What planet am I on?"

Coming soon

Never heard. No votes outside of mine for 21st century poll. Amazing film. 🤷‍♂️

Deadline is today. No extensions!

"experimental"

That's 11:59 PM btw.

656 films from 383 artists have received votes.

If you are submitting a list for my Best Experimental Cinema of the 21st Century poll, you now have until 11:59 on Sunday August 3.

If you'd like to participate by submitting an unranked list of 15 titles, let me know. I've received 65 votes and would still love to have more.

YouTube video by Michele Smith Regarding Penelope's Wake -- part 1

Regarding Penelope's Wake is on YouTube. Curious!
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I'm also vague! Associative/allusive relationships w/o a) one idea or b) concrete (direct? indexical?) reality...but not against signification (so, tone/vibe, etc.) Artist is still choosing five or ten or 200 minutes. Duration/montage, for me. Sounds like I need to see Michele Smith!

Dang. Maybe vaguely recall those titles, but pretty certain I never saw them. Maybe I saw The Girl Who Lost Her Head? (Only 20 minutes). Odd/worrying to see a few years of intense output and then...

Negative side: many films feel out their ideas well after they are clear (to attentive viewers?) 15-minute films would benefit from being 10, 8-minute films would benefit from being 5, etc. There’s one notable exception recently, but I rarely watch something and think it could/should be longer.

That aside, the “open field” means montage / cutting across segmented time drives the work, rather than neo-structuralist working through idea. Bruce Conner wins? Although not quite. Seems more Dorsky montage (opening onto/into the world). POLYCEPHALY IN D is the hinge masterpiece of both versions.

Been thinking about this. I agree with the idea, although I feel like MHC and ZE are more tightly conceived than RM who fits your delineation more closely.

Lol I wish you success in this grand tradition.

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the Trump administration in a nutshell - abandoning consent decrees on police departments in favor of consent decrees on universities edition.cnn.com/2025/01/22/p...

Dryden in Rochester, too #wny

RIP Émilie Dequenne. I taught ROSETTA for several years and was floored by her performance every time. Legendary.

You are an absolute joke

Primary Every Democrat It’s exhausting to watch poll-tested, donor-beholden congressional Democrats continue to be too old, too cloistered, and too bumbling to do anything as the government burns.

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Mourning the loss of Linda Williams. It’s hard to think of another scholar whose work helped define such a diverse range of subfields. For me, her 1981 essay “Film Body: An Implantation of Perversions” was a beacon showing how fundamental feminist analysis could be for early cinema. RIP