Tom Gunning and Daniel Morgan will talk about the impact and legacy of Gunning’s work. The program on 4/26 will include screenings of some of the key films written about in Gunning's new book, followed by a book signing in the Museum shop.

This program aims to showcase the diversity of contemporary Arab cinema and video art through a wide range of cultural references, visual languages, and artistic choices. The first section will feature experimental formats pushing the boundaries of film and video; the second will focus on short-form fiction and docufiction films that explore themes of migration, mobility, and displacement.

Hal Hartley’s experimental narrative tells a simple story of love and loss in three cities (New York, Berlin, Tokyo), repeating the same situations but with subtle shifts. Introduced by Tom Gunning, followed by a live taping of the Film Comment Podcast with editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute, Gunning, and David Schwartz.  

This program of avant-garde film is inspired by three of the essential pieces in Tom Gunning’s new book The Attractions of the Moving Image.

Laura Splan’s live screening performance explores the convergence of biology and digital computation through the concept of reservoir computing—a framework that harnesses the natural dynamics of biological forms, such as water or bacterial colonies, to process information.

Shot over the course of 21 years, Sandi DuBowski’s documentary follows Amichai Lau-Lavie, an Israeli descended from an unbroken line of 38 rabbis stretching back a thousand years. Powerful, funny, and beautifully shot, Sabbath Queen confronts complex questions about the embodiment of contemporary Judaism. Featuring a Q&A with director Sandi DuBowski moderated by filmmaker Danielle Durschlag.