Ken Jacobs Movies

A still image of a palm-lined wooden walkway is edited together with mirror-images, close-ups, upside-down renderings, and smaller, framed versions...

The documentary’s starting point is the discovery and restoration of a rare and unknown photography reel reproduced from a mutoscope film, made...

An Eternalism film.

A stroboscopic train ride along a jungle stream. Asian military men appear with their pith-helmets, keeping the ferns, trees, monkeys, natives in...

An Eternalism film.

Explores the life and career of cartoonist Art Spiegelman including the creation and ground-breaking impact of his Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic...

Sequel to Sensoriums at Sea: Dr. Toothy's New Entranceway

An Eternalism film.

Still shots of a revolving door at New York City's Church Street Station Post Office are edited together to create a sense of movement, redoubled by...

One of Ken Jacobs' Amorous Interludes

First shown on January 30, 1967, FOR LIFE AGAINST THE WAR was an open-call, collective statement from American independent filmmakers disparate in...

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...

Part of a series of Eternalisms

Part of a series of Eternalisms

Using the words and ideas of great filmmakers, from archival interviews with Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Bresson to new interviews with Mike Leigh,...

Part of a series of Eternalisms

Part of a series of Eternalisms

A musical with Nazis and Jews.

"Hidden in a movie shot is an infinity of monsters. Pause and they show themselves (at their worst in 3D)." - Ken Jacobs

Drawn from footage shot between 1949 and 1963, Jonas Mekas’s autobiographical diary film chronicles his early years in exile, capturing the...