Jonas Mekas Movies
- 2021
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground6.8582021HD
Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story. Directed with the era’s avant-garde spirit by Todd...
- 1972
Imagine
Imagine71972HD
A surreal, half-fiction, half real life footage of a day in the life of John lennon and Yoko Ono, composed to music from John's historic 'Imagine'...
- 2000
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty7.92000HD
A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely...
- 2023
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV6.82023HD
The quixotic journey of Nam June Paik, one of the most famous Asian artists of the 20th century, who revolutionized the use of technology as an...
- 1968
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches7.41968HD
An epic portrait of the New York avant-garde art scene of the 60s.
- 2013
What Is Cinema?
What Is Cinema?6.22013HD
Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh,...
- 2014
River of Fundament
River of Fundament6.62014HD
Visionary artist Matthew Barney returns to cinema with this 3-part epic, a radical reinvention of Norman Mailer’s novel Ancient Evenings. In...
- 1978
Cinématon
Cinématon4.31978HD
Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011....
- 1964
The Brig
The Brig6.61964HD
An ultra-realistic depiction of life in a Marine Corps brig (or jail) at a camp in Japan in 1957. Marine prisoners are awakened and put through work...
- 1965
Empire
Empire4.11965HD
A single static wide shot of the Empire State Building from early evening until nearly 3 am the next day.
- 1995
Nico Icon
Nico Icon7.21995HD
A look into the many lives of Christa Päffgen, otherwise known as Nico; from cutie German mädchen to the first of the supermodels, to...
- 1990
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections6.31990HD
This intimate portrait of Andy Warhol pulls together a unique library of material shot by New York film legend Jonas Mekas. Spanning from 1963 to...
- 1965
Dirt
Dirt81965HD
Two nuns take a bath, then meet a sailor on the Staten Island Ferry.
- 1985
Home Movies 1971-81
Home Movies 1971-8101985HD
Home movies shot on Super 8mm by W+B Hein over 10 years.
- 1981
Strong Medicine
Strong Medicine5.61981HD
Adaptation of an avant-garde play about Rhoda, a hysterical heroine who feels oppressed by the people around her. She suffers through her birthday...
- 2009
It Came from Kuchar
It Came from Kuchar72009HD
It Came from Kuchar is the definitive, feature documentary about the legendary, underground filmmaking twins, the Kuchar brothers. George and Mike...
- 1986
Invocation: Maya Deren
Invocation: Maya Deren51986HD
Maya Deren is a legend of avant-garde cinema. This authoritative biography of the charismatic filmmaker, poet and anthropologist features excerpts...
- 2018
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus
George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus72018HD
In 1961 Lithuanian American artist and impresario George Maciunas established the avant-garde art movement Fluxus. George details the rise of Fluxus...
- 1979
ORG
ORG5.31979HD
Explores the complex relationship between the spirit, body, and mind. The film is a nightmare with closed eyes because it counts among the most...
- 2022
Fragments of Paradise
Fragments of Paradise6.72022HD
For over 70 years, Jonas Mekas, internationally known as the "godfather" of avant-garde cinema, documented his life in what came to be known as his...