Category — Film Series

Wednesday, March 17, 2010 | 7pm | $5

Corresponding with this month’s Audio March series, this evening’s selection will feature short films by noted minimalist and experimental composers/filmmakers, including:

Robert Nelson’s “Plastic Haircut”
Harry Smith’s “Film No. 3: Interwoven”
Tony Conrad’s “Straight and Narrow”
Storm de Hirsch’s “Peyote Queen”
Jud Yalkut’s “Electronic Fables”
Robert Breer’s “A Man and His Dog Out for Air”

Thursday, March 4, 2010 | 8pm | $5

Murder! Sleepwalking!! Delusion!!! Expressionism!!!!

On the 90th Anniversary of this silent film classic, Matt Marshall and the Reel Music Trio will be performing a live score with accompaniment. It will be a fundraiser for the Bridge Film Series. Keep the films coming with a $5 suggested donation.

Thursday, February 11, 2010 | 7pm | $5

Our annual celebration of St. Valentine’s Day, the Silent Valentines screening isn’t one to miss! We’ll be showing ‘His First Flame’ with Harry Langdon, as well as a nice assortment of slapstick shorts. True love and pratfalls abound!

We hope the movies will warm your heart just as our sweet treats and hot tea will warm you and your special someone! The screening starts at 7pm and it’s $5 at the door.

(Stick around after and we might break out the glue sticks and glitter to make some valentine cards, too!)

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 | 7pm | $5

Widely recognized as the source of the Frankenstein myth, the ancient Hebrew legend of the Golem provided actor/director Paul Wegener with the substance for one of the most adventurous films of the German silent cinema. Our version will feature a score by local composer Jonathan Zorn designed to compliment the delightful eccentricity of Wegener’s sets and actors.

Thursday, October 15, 2009 | PROMPTLY at 7pm, doors at 6:30 | $5

After an early-Autumn hiatus, the Bridge Film Series is back with a screening of four short films related to the month-long Harvest exhibit at The Bridge PAI:

Filmmaker Richard Robinson joins us to present his award-winning film, “The Beekeepers,” after which we’ll show “Leche” and “Mala Leche” by Naomi Uman, and Jud Yalkut’s “John Cage Mushroom Hunting in Stony Point.”

$5 suggested donation. Locally-made snacks and drinks will be available. Doors open at 6:30; screening begins promptly at 7pm. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Thursday, October 22, 2009 | 7pm | $5 | UVA CHAPEL

The Bridge Film Series will screen F.W. Murnau’s classic horror film Nosferatu (1922) in the UVA chapel, with live musical accompaniment by Matt Marshall. Come enjoy the combined beauty of architecture, film, and music while Max Shreck’s bloodsucking “Count Orlock” scares the daylights out of you! $5 suggested donation.

(Chapel Location: 1619 University Avenue, Charlottesville, VA, 22903)

Friday, August 14, 2009 | 8pm | $5

This Friday at 8pm sharp, there will be a rare opportunity to see two of Anthony McCall’s solid light films, Line Describing a Cone (1973) and Conical Solid (1974). If you haven’t seen these, you’re missing out on a real treat. The device of these films is deceptively simple – a projected white dot that slowly grows over thirty minutes into a circular line on the facing wall, eventually filling the dark space with a conical “volume” whose vivid corporality is a beguiling trick of light and atmosphere – but the result is a stunningly beautiful examination of the essentially sculptural quality of the cinematic apparatus.

Sunday, August 23, 2009 | 4pm | $5

Juice Boxes! Dancin’ Frogs! Rockin’ Tunes!

Bring the kids, or embrace your own inner child, for our screening of kid-friendly short films. We’ll enjoy classic Fleischer Brothers cartoons from the golden age of 1930’s animation, films made specifically for children by our favorite experimental filmmakers… and a few other surprises. And of course, Flip the Frog is back by popular demand!

In addition to the films, Shaun Cullen, a Charlottesville folk singer and songwriter, will be performing a selection of new and classic rock songs for kids.

PLEASE NOTE that this screening will begin at 4pm. We’re trying not to keep anyone out past their bedtime.

We are the Stonewall girls,
we wear our hair in curls!
We wear no underwear,
we show our pubic hair!
We wear our dungarees,
above our nelly knees!

This June the Bridge commemorates the riots that took place at the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village on June 28, 1969. The “Stonewall Riots” that erupted in response to a police raid, were the first instance of violent opposition to the government-sponsored repression of homosexuality in the United States.

Join us for series of films dealing with this foundational event in the Gay and Lesbian Rights Movement, including two short works by Barbara Hammer, other selections by gay and lesbian filmmakers, some archival material dealing with public perception of homosexuals at the time, and some short excerpts from popular films.

Thursday, May 28th | 8pm | $5

PLEASE NOTE: This event was eventually scheduled for Thursday, May 14th, but has now been postponed and re-scheduled for Thursday, May 28th. We apolagize for any inconvenience.

The Spring Film Series concludes as we prepare for the gentle hedonism of Summer with a selection of classic, groundbreaking experimental films. The headlining event is Jack Smith’s 1963 film “Flaming Creatures,” a proto-psychedelic feast of gender confusion. This will be accompanied by three rarely-seen archival films by the accomplished collage artist Joseph Cornell. [Read more →]