Stan Brakhage, one of the leading figures in American experimental cinema, died March 9 in Victoria, British Columbia. He was 70. The cause was cancer, his wife, Marilyn, said. In a career that began ...

Westword: When did you first learn about the Faust films? Joel Haertling: I think when we went to Telluride Film Festival in ’86. That’s when we were talking about doing it. I said to Brakhage, “Well, ...

Created over fifty years of ceaseless activity, filmmaker Stan Brakhage's body of nearly 400 films is notable for its dazzling kineticism, expressive camerawork and rich use of optical and painterly ...

Made in the years preceding Brakhage’s landmark light poem The Text of Light (1974), these seven silent shorts mainly hover between representation and abstraction, their soft focus, solid colors, and ...

What do experimental cinema pioneer Stan Brakhage and five-time Oscar nominee (and Honorary Oscar winner) Sidney Lumet have in common? Both are filmmakers . . . and, well, that’s where the ...

Stan Brakhage loved poetry and befriended poets but considered himself a failed poet. Many experts disagreed. He was, they said, a consummate poet—one who spoke in the language of film and measured ...

Ready to press play on 'Garden Path' at home? Trying to locate where to stream, rent, buy, or watch where to watch the Stan Brakhage-helmed movie can be harder than it should be so we at Moviefone are ...

The Brakhage Center will host its 11th annual symposium, featuring the work of celebrated filmmaker Ken Jacobs, at the University of Colorado Boulder March 6-8. The symposium will feature cinema from ...

In anticipation of The Jag, a new play produced by yours truly, Paul Felten and Joe DeNardo present Jean-François Stévenin’s Mountain Pass on Friday.

Stan Brakhage is one of the most influential filmmakers in American avant-garde cinema, noted for his unflinching social commentaries and technical innovations. Over his nearly 40-year career, he has ...