One hundred-forty seminal silent shorts produced by Thomas Edison's self-named movie studio between 1891-1918, restored and with new musical scores, are featured in this four-disc collection. Trace... more
This remarkable collection offers 21 acclaimed brief experimental films created between 1922-2022 by Sergei Eisenstein, Robert Flaherty, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, and many others, all complemented by... more
At once an invaluable photographic record of life in Weimer Berlin and a timeless demonstration of the cinemas ability to enthrall on a purely visceral level, Berlin, Symphony of a Great City... more
"I am an eye. A mechanical eye. I am the machine that reveals the world to you as only the machine can see it. - Dziga Vertov ("Kino-Eye")These words, written in 1923 (only a year after Robert... more
In the first era of wild cinema invention, women filmmakers contributed invaluable innovation to the world of movies. From Alice Guy-Blaché's formal contributions to Mabel Normand's mastery over... more
Innovative avant garde silent film by Dziga Vertov that uses the camera lens as the audience's "eye," embarking on a bizarre chronicle of a typical day in the Soviet Union and filled with trick... more
Robert Flaherty made this wonderful film of Eskimo (Inuit) life following six years as an Arctic explorer for the Canadian Northern Railway. Flaherty seized upon the idea of structuring his movie... more
Described by Dziga Vertov, it's director, as an experiment in the language of pure cinema, The Man With the Movie Camera is perhaps the most dazzling and sophisticated work not only of Soviet, but of... more
LANDMARKS OF EARLY FILM To study where we've been is to better understand where we are, but early film is not of interest only because it illuminates present practices. Beyond considerable historical... more
After the triumphant success of his true-life Arctic adventure Nanook of the North (1922), director Robert J. Flaherty journeyed with his wife Frances and their children to the South Seas island of... more
Andrew Irvine, George Mallory. The chronicles of two men on their journey to the summit of Mount Everest has been restored to bring you heart-stopping imagery of the stunning, yet dangerous... more
Flicker Alley, in partnership with Disobedient Films, proudly present London Symphony, a brand new silent film a city symphony which offers a poetic journey through the city of London. It is an... more