James Benning Movies

"Sandy Ding's WATER SPELL is a bold, abstract journey that takes us into the psychic interior of our very cellular structure... and back. For me,...

Intercourse between two people who never appear on the screen at the same time. An exploration of sex and male/female identities.

A short film about femininity

James Benning returns to the location of his 2012 film Nightfall, this time at daybreak.

Four landscape shots containing a replica of Ted Kaczynski’s cabin, one shot per season. On the soundtrack, Benning reads extracts from...

Video essay providing a brief introduction to the work of James Benning for his exhibition at neugerriemschneider.

Maintenance is filmmaker Adele Horne’s exploration and meditation on house cleaning. Cleaning is one of the most private things we do in our...

Through diary entries and archival footage, the life of an industrial waste-dumper unfolds from youthful ambition to ecological disaster.

One-hour-documentation of James Benning's participation in the Moving Billboard project.

James Benning, USA, 1988, 3m.

Twenty-two minute tracking shot through campgrounds in Southern Wisconsin

A short film about masculinity

A document of one of the most famous 66 miles of railroad track in the world including the Tehachapi Loop.

Filmed at Benning's home in Val Verde during the first month of the pandemic, the film is a portrait of that time.

an excerpt of a conversation between James and I during the Fall of 2019 - Santa Clarita, CA

A three hour shot containing light, dark, and a BNSF train in the desert.

Scrolling excerpts from the diary of George Wallace's would-be assassin Arthur Bremer at screen bottom, Hank Aaron cards and ephemera from his entire...

"On November 28, 2023 I woke up early and drove down to the Upper Kern River. I came to film a tree. It's leaves were orange. The shot would be 87...

Stills from a trip in Cuba.

The portrait of an art institution: James Benning explores the building and grounds of the California Institute of Art. Each image creates a tension,...