John Zorn Movies

A black comedy set in the Polish immigrant neighborhood of Greenpoint, Brooklyn about a man selling tickets to his own suicide to save his father's...

A cute, openly gay latin boy's hormones go into overdrive when his hunky cousin Angel arrives for an extended stay. The two explore the young and...

Documentary that follows the lives of several Jewish refugees who fled to Shanghai during WWII.

An avant-garde documentary film on English guitarist, composer and improviser Fred Frith.

In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's...

A whirlwind of improvisation combines the images of animator Pierre Hébert with the avant-garde sound of techno whiz Bob Ostertag in this...

Is heavy manual labour disappearing or is it just becoming invisible? Where can we still find it in the 21st century? Workingman's Death follows the...

An opera by John Zorn and Richard Foreman

Produced during a year-long residency in New York, Neo Geo is a vivid portrayal of the contemporary American cultural landscape.

This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007...

Documentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s.

Kishi is a 37-year-old personnel officer and fairly happy with work, wife and child. But he turns out to be susceptible to a more exciting life....

This is a full-length documentary honoring the life and work of American composer and artist John Cage. Cage is considered one of the most...

Short animation from Nicolas Brault

For 12 years now, Mathieu Amalric has been filming the stupendous New York saxophonist and composer John Zorn. Whirligig films that Zorn likes to...

Inspired in form by American police TV shows and soap operas, The Golden Boat is a madcap, surreal dash through the streets of New York city, telling...

MECHANICS OF THE BRAIN is an experimental film in the form of a scientific documentary. A "remake" of the documentary film of the same name by...

Short comedy film from Dina Waxman.

A look at avant-garde filmmaker Marie Menken.

The life of the old horse comes to end behind that - the death. But before the death, the fortune gives him the last fantastic vision which opens the...