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, ...

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, 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 ...

The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer. Most of the avant-garde luminary’s films were silent; two of ...

"This film is a collaboration between Joel Haertling and Stan Brakhage. It is a hand-painted film incorporating treated film images of trees in Fall colors and scratched film. It has four levels of ...

This film consists of loosely assembled footage including a confrontation between abortion-rights advocates, abortion-rights opponents and police at Chicago's Daley Center Plaza (likely during the ...