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March 2008

Still from
Older Than America, 2008,
Directed by
Georgina Lightning.

Women with Vision: Past/Present
Walker Art Center
1750 Hennepin Ave.
612-375-7600
Minneapolis

Sheryl Mousley, the Walker’s film/video curator, often finds thematic threads connecting the films she selects as in Women with Vision 2008, the 15th edition of this film festival celebrating directors, filmmakers, and artists.

April 11-25, 2008

Peter Greenaway,
The Bird
on a Hill
,
from The Falls.

The Greenaway Chronicles
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
816-751-1278
Kansas City

Peter Greenaway is a prolific filmmaker, visual artist, curator, writer and developer of projects for the World Wide Web. Beginning with his early shorts in the 1960s through his mainstream films and most recent multimedia projects,

April 16-September 15, 2008

Michael Caine and Eleanor Bron
in Alfie (1966), directed by Lewis
Gilbert, Courtesy: Photofest,
© Paramount Pictures.

Jazz Score
Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street
212-708-9400
New York

Jazz Score, a retrospective of 50 films, illustrates the creative and collaborative relationship between postwar jazz composers and filmmakers, celebrating some of the best original jazz composed for film from the 1950s to the present.

June 26-July 23, 2008

Caroline Link, July 17 and 18
2008, Lea Kurka, Sidede Onyulo
in Nirgendwo in Afrika (Nowhere
in Africa)
, 2002.

Zeitgeist: The Films of Our Time
Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street
212-708-9400
New York

Two decades of films celebrating New York-based distributor Zeitgeist Films with the 20-title exhibition Zeitgeist: The Films of Our Time offers a fascinating snapshot of independent American and international film from the past 20 years,

September 12-26, 2008

Still from
Spectropia, 2001

Directed by
Toni Dove.

Opening Networks
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street
816-751-1278
Kansas City

Opening Networks features in-person presentations by Mark Daggett and Jon Phillips who introduce their own work and other digital media projects, showing how networks and social software are reshaping attributes of community.

August 18-December 21, 2008

Laurie Anderson,
Self-Playing Violin. 1974,
Modified violin with built-in
speaker and amplifier. 31 min.

Looking at Music
Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53 Street
212-708-9400
The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters

Looking at Music features works by video artists and film directors, including works from John Cage, Lucinda Childs, Nam June Paik, Michael Snow, Kenneth Anger, Jack Smith, Wallace Berman, and Andy Warhol, among others.