Vive L’Amour (1994) — Tsai Ming-liang

Taiwan, DCP, 118 mins.

New 2K restoration!

punishment park (1971) — Peter Watkins

United States, 35mm, 88 mins.

punishment park (1971) — Peter Watkins

United States, 35mm, 88 mins.

My First Film (2024) — Zia Anger

United States, DCP, 100 mins.

Zia Anger’s absorbing, semi-autobiographic metafiction captures the failures of Vita (Odessa Young), a 25-year-old artist trying to make a nebulously personal movie in 2010. Reflecting on the preoccupations of a creative coming-of-age protagonist, Anger re-creates authentically uncomfortable, hilarious, and chaotic moments on set and behind the scenes with a cast and crew of friends and family. The beguiling result takes audiences through a circuitous unraveling to ask what it means to be a voyeur of one’s own messy life. Featuring a cameo by Sarah Michelson as an abortion doctor and music by Perfume Genius.

My First Film (2024) — Zia Anger

United States, DCP, 100 mins.

Zia Anger’s absorbing, semi-autobiographic metafiction captures the failures of Vita (Odessa Young), a 25-year-old artist trying to make a nebulously personal movie in 2010. Reflecting on the preoccupations of a creative coming-of-age protagonist, Anger re-creates authentically uncomfortable, hilarious, and chaotic moments on set and behind the scenes with a cast and crew of friends and family. The beguiling result takes audiences through a circuitous unraveling to ask what it means to be a voyeur of one’s own messy life. Featuring a cameo by Sarah Michelson as an abortion doctor and music by Perfume Genius.

Born in Flames (1983) — Lizzie Borden

United States, 35mm, 80 mins.

A Q&A with Lizzie Borden and Jon Davies follows the screening

Code Unknown [Code inconnu: Récit incomplet de divers voyages](2000) — Michael Haneke

France/Austria/Romania/Germany, Digital, 118 mins.

This screening will be introduced by Alison O’Daniel

Compensation (1999) — Zeinabu irene Davis

United States, 16mm, 95 mins.

A conversation with Alison O’Daniel and Zeinabu irene Davis follows the screening

Still We Rise (2022) — John Harvey

Australia, DCP, 57 mins.

Still We Rise (2022) — John Harvey

Australia, DCP, 57 mins.

This screening is followed by a conversation with John Harvey (Torres Strait Islander) and Kate Beane (Flandreau Santee Sioux and Muskogee Creek

The Tuba thieves (2023) — Alison O’Daniel

united states, DCP, 91 mins.

Both screenings will be introduced by Alison O’Daniel

The Tuba Thieves (2023) — Alison O’Daniel

United States, DCP, 91 mins.

Both screenings will be introduced by Alison O’Daniel

Kinetic Visions in the Bentson Mediatheque

• Something Good — Negro Kiss |1898| dir. by William Nicholas Selig | u.s., 1 mins.

• All My Life |1966| dir. by Bruce Baillie | u.s., 3 mins.

• Living Inside |1989| dir. by Sadie Benning | u.s., 5 mins.

• 7-7-94 For my babe |2020| dir. by Paige Taul | u.s., 3 mins.

• Show Me Other Places |2021| dir. by Rajee Samarasinghe | Sri Lanka/U.s., 12 mins.

• Verticial Roll |1972| dir. Joan Jonas | u.s., 20 mins.

• Mirror Products Catalog |2023| dir. by Annapurna Kumar | u.s., 5 mins.

digital, ~50 mins.

In conjunction with the opening of the exhibition Motion Capture: Recent Acquisitions in Media and Performance, this playlist of kinetically driven imagery from the Ruben/Bentson Moving Image Collection, contemporary artists’ films, and other historic works loops in the Bentson Mediatheque on Thursday, March 21, 6 to 9 pm. It will remain available in the Mediatheque for self-select viewing until Thursday, April 4.

Nowhere Near (2023) — Miko Revereza

philippines/united states, dcp, 95 mins.

A pre-recorded discussion between Revereza and artist Pio Abad follows the screening

Nowhere Near (2023) — Miko Revereza

philippines/united states, dcp, 95 mins.

A pre-recorded discussion between Revereza and artist Pio Abad follows the screening

saint omer (2022) — alice diop

france, dcp, 122 mins.

saint omer (2022) — alice diop

france, dcp, 122 mins.

daisies [sedmikrásky] (1966) — vera chytilová

czechoslovakia, 35mm, 76 mins.

Screened in conjunction with the exhibition Multiple Realities: Experimental Art in the Eastern Bloc, 1960s–1980s

daisies [sedmikrásky] (1966) — vera chytilová

czechoslovakia, 35mm, 76 mins.

Screened in conjunction with the exhibition Multiple Realities: Experimental Art in the Eastern Bloc, 1960s–1980s

Orlando, My Political Biography (2023) — Paul B. Preciado

france, dcp, 98 mins.

Orlando, My Political Biography (2023) — Paul B. Preciado

france, dcp, 98 mins.

sound for silents: film + music on the walker hillside

Join us at sunset on the hillside for Sound for Silents, an electrifying evening of live music paired with films from the Ruben/Bentson Moving Image Collection. Returning for its seventh year, this summer’s experience will feature a newly commissioned score from Twin Cities–based musicians.

The event begins at 7 pm with DJ and food trucks; film screening and live performance begins at 8:30 pm.

set it off (1996) — f. gary gray

united states, 35mm, 123 mins.

set it off (1996) — f. gary gray

united states, 35mm, 123 mins.

dead presidents (1995) — albert hughes, allen hughes

united states, digital, 119 mins.

dead presidents (1995) — albert hughes, allen hughes

united states, digital, 119 mins.

sister act (1992) — emile ardolino

united states, dcp, 96 mins.

sister act (1992) — emile ardolino

united states, dcp, 96 mins.

mo’ better blues (1990) — spike lee

united states, dcp, 130 mins.

mo’ better blues (1990) — spike lee

united states, dcp, 130 mins.