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A Girl and a Gun Film Society believes that film is both an art form and a form of entertainment. We believe that film is a communal project by nature and, as such, should be witnessed by a group.  With the onset of DVD and home theater technology, the film experience has been woefully atomized.  Therefore, we strive to provide a venue for all genres of film and all film-lovers.  Luckily for us, most of this striving takes place on our asses in the dark before a wall of flickering light.




T H E   V O W   O F   S I L E N T S

Week One:

F R A N K   B O R Z A G E    &   T H E   C L A S S I C A L   H O L L Y W O O D   S T Y L E

7th Heaven (1927), dir. Frank Borzage
Street Angel (1928), dir. Frank Borzage

Week Two:

D O U G L A S   F A I R B A N K S :   A C T O R / A C R O B A T

The Black Pirate (1926), dir. Albert Parker
The Iron Mask (1929), dir. Allen Dwan


Week Three:

V I C T O R   S E A S T R O M   F R A M E S   T W O   F A M O U S   F A C E S

He Who Gets Slapped (1924), dir. Victor Sjöström
The Wind (1928), dir. Victor Sjöström

Week Four:

T H E   J A P A N E S E   B E N S H I

Horo Zanmai ( Wanderlust ) (1928), dir. Hiroshi Inagaki

Orochi (1925), dir. Futagawa Buntaro


Week Five:

N A P O L E O N   I N   M O T I O N

Napoleon (1927), dir. Abel Gance


Week Six:

T H E   B U T C H E R E D   E P I C

Greed (1924), dir. Erich Von Stroheim

Week Seven:

A   C O N E Y   I S L A N D   O F   T H E   M I N D

Hindle Wakes (1927), dir. Maurice Elvey
Lonesome (1928), dir. Paul Fejos

Week Eight:

" R A C E "   F I L M S

Within Our Gates (1920), dir. Oscar Micheax
The Scar of Shame (1927), dir. Frank Peregini
 
 Previous
Double Features

 
I D E N T I T Y   &   O T H E R   A F F E C T A T I O N S
 
Eyes Without A Face , dir. Georges Franju
The Face of Another , dir. Hiroshi Teshigahara
 
P A R A N O I D   V I S I O N S
 
Blow-Up , dir. Michaelangelo Antonioni
The Conversation , dir. Francis Ford Coppola
 
M I C K   J A G G E R   I N   T H E   M O V I E S
 
Performance , dir. Nicolas Roeg & Donald Cammel
Sympathy for the Devil , dir. Jean-Luc Godard
 
P R E - D O G M E   L A R S   V O N   T R I E R
 
The Element Of Crime , dir. Lars von Trier
Europa (aka Zentropa) , dir. Lars von Trier  
 
N O B O D Y   D I E S   L I K E   J I M M Y   C A G N E Y
 
The Roaring Twenties , dir. Raoul Walsh
White Heat , dir. Raoul Walsh
 
P O S S E S S I O N
 
Mother Joan of the Angels dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Alucarda , dir. Juan López Moctezuma
 
S H O H E I   I M A M U R A ,   R . I . P .
 
Pigs & Battleships (1961), dir. Shohei Imamura
The Insect Woman (1963), dir. Shohei Imamura
 
B R O T H E R S   F R O M   A N O T H E R   P L A N E T
 
The Promise  (1996), dir. Jean-Pierre Dardenne
The Son (2002), dir. Jean Pierre Dardenne
 
B   I S   F O R   B U N U E L
 
Los Olvidados (1950), dir. Luis Bunuel
The Exterminating Angel (1962), dir. Luis Bunuel
 
" H E L L   H A T H   N O   L I M I T S "
 
Faust (1927), dir. F.W. Murnau
Faust (1996), dir. Jan Svankmajer
 
P O S T - A P O C A L Y P T I C   P O P C O R N
 
The Bed Sitting Room (1969), dir. Richard Lester
Le Dernier Combat (1983), dir. Luc Besson 
 
S L E E P L E S S   C I N E M A

  I Can't Sleep  (1994), dir. Claire Denis
No Rest for the Brave (2003), dir. Alain Guiraudie 
 

D Y S F U N C T I O N A L   C I N E M A   F R O M   1 9 9 0

 
Trust  (1990), dir. Hal Hartley

  Life is Sweet  (1990), dir. Mike Leigh

 
G . W .   P A B S T   &   L O U I S E   B R O O K S

 
Pandora's Box (1929), dir. GW Pabst
 Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), dir. GW Pabst

T H E   A M E R I C A N   R O A D   P I C T U R E

 
Two Lane Blacktop (1971), dir. Monte Hellmen
The Brown Bunny (2003), dir. Vincent Gallo
 
G U Y   M A D D I N ' S   H I S T O R Y   O F   F I L M

 
The Heart of the World  (2000), dir. Guy Maddin
Careful  (1992), dir. Guy Maddin 
  Cowards Bend the Knee  (2003), dir. Guy Maddin

M E L O D R A M A ! ! !
    
All That Heaven Allows (1955), dir. Douglas Sirk

Written on the Wind (1956), dir. Douglas Sirk

R A U L   R U I Z ' S   C I N E M A T I C   P U Z Z L E S
  

The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (1979), dir. Raul Rúiz
Three Lives & Only One Death (1996), dir. Raul Ruiz
 
" F R E N C H "  H E I S T   N O I R
 
Riffifi (1955), dir. Jules Dassin
 Bob le flambeur (1956), dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
 
P O W E L L / P R E S S B U R G E R :
B R I T A I N ' S   " I N C O M P A T I B L E "   C I N E M A
   
The Edge of the World (1936), dir. Michael Powell 
Stairway to Heaven (1946), dir. Michael Powell & Emerich Pressburger
 
A   P O R T R A I T   O F   P O L A N S K I   A S   A    Y O U N G   M A N 
 

  Knife in the Water (1962), dir. Roman Polanski

Repulsion   (1965), dir. Roman Polanski
 
R E N E   L A L O U X ' S    S C I – F I   F A N T A S I A S
 
Fantastic Planet (1973), dir. Rene Laloux
Time Masters (1982), dir. Rene Laloux
 
F E M M E   F I R S T   F E A T U R E S 

 
Sweetie (1989), dir. Jane Campion

Ratcatcher (1999), dir. Lynne Ramsay  
 
E L   K I N K Y   K I N O   D E   A L M O D O V A R 
 
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990), dir. Pedro Almodovar
Dark Habits (1983), dir. Pedro Almodovar
 
S I N N E R S   &   S A I N T S 
 
 Maria Candelaria (1944), dir. Emilio Fernandez

The Devil is a Woman (1935), dir. Josef von Sternberg
 
C O N T E M P O R A R Y   K O R E A N   F I L M


Woman on the Beach (2006), dir. Hong Sang-soo

The Host (2006), dir. Bong Joon-ho
 
C O N T E M P O R A R Y   T H I A   C I N E M A

 
   Citizen Dog (2004), dir. Wisit Sasanatieng

Tropical Malady (2005), dir. Apichatpong Weerasethakul
 
C O N T E M P O R A R Y   A R G E N T I N E   C I N E M A

 
The Holy Girl (2004), dir. Lucrecia Martel
Nine Queens  (2001), dir. Fabian Bielinsky
 
C O N T E M P O R A R Y    M E X I C A N    C I N E M A

 
  Battle in Heaven (2005), dir. Carlos Reygadas
Solo con tu pareja (1991), dir. Alfonso Cuaron
 
D I R E C T   C I N E M A   


  Titicut Follies (1967), dir. Frederick Wiseman
Salesman (1969), dir. Albert Maysles

C O M E D I E S   O F   R E M A R R A I G E    


   Bringing Up Baby (1938), dir. Howard Hawks
The Philadelphia Story (1940), dir. George Cukor
 
H E   I S   V I G O ! ! !
 
A propos de Nice (1930), dir. Jean Vigo
Zero de conduite (1933), dir. Jean Vigo
L'Atalante (1934), dir. Jean Vigo
 
F O U N D   F O O T A G E

 
Lyrical Nitrate (1991), dir. Peter Delpeut
Decasia (2002), dir. Bill Morrison
Interkosmos (2006), dir. Jim Finn
 
V O N   S T E R N B E R G ' S   P A R A M O U N T   S I L E N T S


Underworld (1927), dir. Josef von Sternberg

The Docks of New York (1928), dir. Josef von Sternberg
 
L E S   B L A N K   &   T H E   F I V E   S E N S E S 

 
J'ai et au bal (1989), dir. Les Blank
In Heaven There Is No Beer? (1984), dir. Les Blank 
Chulas Fronteras (1976), dir Les Blank


F A S S B I N D E R   O N   S H U F F L E


In a Year with 13 Moons (1978), Rainer Werner Fassbinder
 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974), dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder

J O H A N   V A N   D E R   K E U K E N ' S
E C O N O M I C A L   S T Y L E


The Mask (1990), dir. Johan van der Keuken

I Love $ (1986), dir. Johan van der Keuken


J O D O R O W S K Y   B E F O R E   M I D N I G H T 


 El Topo (1970), dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky
The Holy Mountain (1973), dir. Alejandro Jodorowsky

H I T C H C O C K   O N   A   T R A I N 

The Lady Vanishes (1938), dir. Alfred Hitchcock
Strangers on a Train (1951), dir. Alfred Hitchcock

S A T O S H I   K O N,   T H E N   &   N O W
 
Perfect Blue (1998), dir.  Satoshi Kon
Paprika (2006), dir. Satoshi Kon


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