The initial list divided by year is freelance programming or programming done via Screen Slate.
Prior to (and slightly overlapping) with this I programmed hundreds of shows at Spectacle, which are listed below.
Freelance & Screen Slate Programming
2022
Bad Habits, Jan 6-30, 2022
Naughty Nun movies at Roxy Cinema Tribeca in the Roxy Hotel. Co-programmed with Illyse Singer and Mitchell Glidden of Roxy.
- School of the Holy Beast (Norifumi Suzuki, 1974) 35mm print
- Ms. 45 (Abel Ferrara, 1981) 35mm print
- Viridiana (Luis Bunuel, 1961) 35mm print
- Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (Bill Duke, 1993) 35mm print
- La Religieuse (Jacques Rivette, 1966) DCP
- Black Narcissus (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger, 1947) DCP
- To the Devil… a Daughter (Peter Sykes, 1976) DCP
- Dark Habits (Pedro Almodovar, 1983) DCP
2021
Screen Slate at Roxy Cinema, Aug 13-15, 2021
Weekend takeover celebrating Screen Slate’s 10th anniversary and the re-opening of Roxy Cinema Tribeca in the Roxy Hotel.
- 1991: The Year Punk Broke on 16mm with Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo & Steve Shelley in conversation with Brian Turner
- Arrebato (Iván Zulueta, 1979), 35mm print
- Rare uncut UK version of Friday the 13th (Sean S. Cunningham, 1980), 35mm print
- 24 Hour Party People (Michael Winterbottom, 2002), 35mm print
- Jackass: The Movie (Jeff Tremaine, 2002), 35mm print
- Deadlock (Roland Klick, 1970), DCP
2020
Stream Slate
on Twitch (May 2020-Present), co-programmed with Nellie Killian
An ongoing streaming series spotlighting artists, experimental filmmakers, archives, and arts organizations. Read an essay Nellie Killian & I wrote about the series.
Screen Slate Presents: 1995: The Year the Internet Broke
at Anthology Film Archives (March 2020), collectively programmed as Screen Slate
Retrospective of internet-themed films released in 1995 paired with experimental film and media art (Nam June Paik, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Jon Rafman, Faith Holland, Max Almy)
2017
Screen Slate Presents: This is MiniDV (on 35mm)
at Anthology Film Archives (August 2017)
Retrospective of feature films shot on DV and exhibited on 35mm
- The Celebration (Thomas Vinterberg, 1998)
- Julien Donkey-Boy (Harmony Korine, 1999)
- Dancer in the Dark (Lars von Trier, 2000)
- Chuck & Buck (Miguel Arteta, 2000)
- Bamboozled (Spike Lee, 2000)
- Jackass: The Movie (Jeff Tremaine, 2002)
- Ten (Abbas Kiarostami, 2002)
- 24 Hour Party People (Michael Winterbottom, 2002)
- The Forest for the Trees (Maren Ade, 2003)
- Colossal Youth (Pedro Costa, 2006)
- Inland Empire (David Lynch, 2006)
- The Gleaners & I (Agnes Varda, 2008)
2016
Dark Hopper
at Anthology Film Archives (2-11 Dec. 2016)
Eight-title retrospective of rarely screened Dennis Hopper films organized with Ava Tews. 35mm prints, special surprises.
Leslie Thornton: Tuned to a Shifting Ground
at Electronic Arts Intermix (28 Oct. 2015)
Screening and career-spanning artist talk with premiere of new work. Organized with Mono No Aware.
Screen Slate Presents: The Medium is the Massacre
at Anthology Film Archives (Oct./Nov. 2016)
McLuhan-inspired horror film series pairing international 35mm features with artist film & video
Screen Slate Presents: Sambizanga
at Kilroy Metal Ceiling (5 Aug. 2016)
Sarah Maldoror’s landmark of militant Third World liberation cinema presented on 16mm
2015
TerrorVision: Spine-Tingling Signals from the EAI Vault
at Electronic Arts Intermix (28 Oct. 2015)
Seasonal screening with work by Cynthia Maughan, Peggy Ahwesh, Michael Smith, Takeshi Murata, Cecelia Condit, Tony Oursler, and George Kuchar.
C. Spencer Yeh Screening & Artist Talk
at Electronic Arts Intermix (28 Oct. 2015)
Screening & talk including performance with Nate Wooley.
The Lynchian Aesthetic
at International House Philadelphia (8-10 Jan. 2015)
Three programs including Joseph Despins & William Dumaresq’s Duffer with Ryan Trecartin’s Yo A Romantic Comedy and Cecelia Condit’s Possibly in Michigan; Hans Richter et al’s Dreams that Money Can Buy with Alexander Hammid’s Angry Boy; and Bruce & Norman Yonemoto’s Made in Hollywood with Robert Florey, Slavko Vorkapić’s The Life and Death of 9413, A Hollywood Extra.
2014
Spectacle at MAD
at Museum of Arts and Design (July/August 2014)
Part of the MAD Makers Biennial, which included Spectacle. I programmed and print sourced all the 35mm features: The White Reindeer; The Gold Diggers; El Dependiente; Jackie Raynal and Zanzibar; Deadlock and Panelstory.
2012
Flaherty NYC: More Fun in the New World
at 92YTribeca (Fall 2012)
Seven-program non-fiction series oriented around election-year issues. Programs included Debt Begins at 20 (16mm); a preview screening of Young Lakota; Occupy Wall Street; Zero Killed; a survey of sponsored avant-garde film; Mr. Freedom; and a program entitled Decompose the Universe
PROGRAMMING AT SPECTACLE
August 2015
TEENAGE KICKS: SWEDISH TAEKWONDO PUNKS ON FILM
Two Swedish juvenile delinquent films
Stockholmsnatt (Staffan Hildebrand, 1987)
Sökarna (Daniel Fridell & Peter Cartriers, 1993)
April 2015
FANTASMA: A JAMES FOTOPOULOS RETROSPECTIVE
Filmmaker in attendance for most shows with shorts & ephemera throughout. Many works newly preserved from master materials.
Zero (1997)
Migrating Forms (1999)
Back Against the Wall (2000)
Christabel (2001)
Families (2002)
Hymn (2002)
The Nest (2003)
Esophagus (2004)
The Ant Hill (2004)
The Sky Song (2007)
March 2015
Contributed one film, series title, and series text
The Flower Girl (Ik Kyu Choe & Hak Pak, 1972)
February 2015
GENERAL
Pumping Iron II: The Women (George Butler, 1985) (Coordinating for programmer Cristina Cacioppo)
November 2014
SPECIAL EVENTS
From the Dumpster to the Optical Printer to You: An evening of films by Gibbs Chapman and friends
Beijing Bastard: Screening and discussion with author Val Wang
October 2014
Lizard in a Woman’s Skin (Lucio Fulci, 1971)
Don’t Deliver Us from Evil (Joël Séria, 1971)
Strong Thing & Tender Prey (Jon Dieringer & H.A. Campbell, 2014)
South Third Street Forever (compiled CSY)
ALL THE COLORS OF GIALLO: SERGIO MARTINO MIDNIGHTS
The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh (1971)
The Case of the Scorpion’s Tail (1971)
All the Colors of the Dark (1972)
Your Vice is a Locked Room… (1972)
Torso (1973)
September 2014
THE GOLDEN YEARS OF GREEK POSTWAR CINEMA
Magic City (Nikos Koundouros, 1954)
Stella (Michael Cacoyannis, 1955)
The Counterfeit Coin (George Tzavellas, 1955)
SPECIAL EVENTS
White Homeland Commando (The Wooster Group, 1992) (Programmed with Rebecca Cleman and Anny Oberlink. Wooster Group archivist Clay Hapaz in attendance.)
Black Dragon’s Revenge (Chin-Ku Lu, 1975)
Black Samurai (Al Adamson, 1977)
Don’t Go in the House (Joseph Ellison, 1979)
Don’t Go in the Woods (James Bryan, 1981)
July 2014
Mary Mary Bloody Mary
Goodbye Uncle Tom
IOTACENTER (w/ Iota)
Robert Darroll
Visual Music: An iotaCenter Slon
ANNA BILLER (w/ Cristina Cacioppo)
Viva.
Shorts.
June
TWO OESTERNS BY GYORGY SOMJAS
The Wind is Whistling.
Bad Guys.
May
DIGNITY
SELECTED 3
April
NOUVEAU ROMAN CINEMA: MARGUERITE DURAS
Destroy She Said. Marguerite Duras. 1969. France. With new subtitles by JD.
India Song. Marguerite Duras. 1975. France. With new subtitles by JD.
Le Camion. Marguerite Duras. 1977. France. With new subtitles by JD.
Baxter, Vera Baxter. Marguerite Duras. 1977. France. With new subtitles by JD.
Agatha et les lectures illimitées. Marguerite Duras. 1981. France. With new subtitles by JD.
THREE YUGOSLAVIAN COMEDIES BY DUSAN KOVACEVIC
Who’s Singin’ Over There. Slobodan Šijan. 1980. Yugoslavia. With new subtitles by JD.
The Marathon Family. Slobodan Šijan. 1982. Yugoslavia. With new subtitles by JD.
Balkan Spy. Dušan Kovačević & Božidar Nikolić. 1984. Yugoslavia. With new subtitles by JD.
AMERICAN HUNTER
ARGOMAN
NINJA VENGEANCE
AGGROBATICS
March
BIG JOY: THE ADVENTURES OF JAMES BROUGHTON
GO DOWN DEATH
February
OUT IN THE STREETS
A Rainha Diaba.
Supermarkt.
Duffer.
ANTI-VALENTINES
Copacabana Me Engana.
A Violent Life.
PIZZA (Artifact Video Club)
January
1991: THE YEAR PUNK BROKE (Special Event)
TRUTH OR DARE (Special Midnight)
TURKISH PARANORMAL ACTIVITY (Artifact Video Club Midnight)
HUMAN HIGHWAY (Special Event)
THE PIT (Midnight)
2013
December
BEST OF SPECTACLE
Das Millionenspiel
Sweet Bunch
School of the Holy Beast
SANTA KLAUS
And God Said to Cain
Creature with the Blue Hand
November
VETERANGEANCE
The Prowler.
Deathdream.
Uncle Sam.
October
SPECTOB3R
Morgiana
Lake of the Dead
HAXAN with live haunted Victrola accompaniment
HABIT with Larry Fessenden
AN EVENING WITH TOMMY TURNER
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
September
JOHN BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
The Colony.
Five Minutes to Live.
BANDIDO’S GOLD (with David Wilentz)
Bandidos.
$10,000 Blood Money.
Vengeance is Mine.
Cemetery Without Crosses.
SFX RETALIATOR
FATHER, SON AND HOLY WAR
August
A TRIBUTE TO LES BLANK
Always for Pleasure with Cigarette Blues.
In Heaven There Is No Beer? with Gap-Toothed Women.
AND GOD SAID TO CAIN
THE PIRATES OF BUBUAN with MAMMY WATER
BLOODSUCKING DOLL
SAMUEL FULLER & THE BIG RED ONE
REMIX TO COGNITION
July
The Shining Backwards & Forwards
June
THE WIND IS WHISTLING UNDER THEIR FEET
May
LA VENGANZA DE LOS PUNKS
INTREPIDOS PUNKS
April
EDGAR WALLACE WEEKEND OF MYSTERY
Der Hexer.
Creature with the Blue Hand.
DEAD WAX: A NIKOS NIKOLAIDIS DOUBLE A-SIDE (April)
U.S. Premieres of 2K Restorations, U.S. Premiere of Wretches.
The Wretches are Still Singing. Nikos Nikolaidis, 1979. Greece.
Sweet Bunch. Nikos Nikolaidis, 1983. Greece.
DAS MILLIONENSPIEL
PIG/1334 (April)
Guest: Nico B. NYC Premiere.
Pig. Nico B & Rozz Williams, 1998. USA.
- 1334. Nico B, 2011. USA.
Sleep Over Orlac
Shining HD
March
S†NDAYS (March)
Il demonio. Brunello Rondi, 1963. Italy.
School of the Holy Beast. Norifumi Suzui, 1974. Japan.
2012
December
Offshore Television
November
BLACKOUT (November)
Blackout. Eddy Malaton, 1978. USA/Canada/France.
October
SPEC2BER
Strangler Vs. Strangler. Slobodan Šijan, 1985. Yugoslavia.
El dependiente. Leonardo Favio, 1969. 78 min. Argentina.
White Zombie. Victor Halperin, 1932. 67 min. USA. With “Meshes of the Afternoon.”
Grave of the Vamprie. John Hayes, 1972. 95 min. USA.
Horror Express.
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
August
HOT-BLOODED: THE ARIZAL MARATHON
To Burn the Sun. 1981. Indonesia.
Double Crosser. 1989. Indonesia.
Final Score. 1987. Indonesia.
American Hunter. 1988. Indonesia.
Special Silencers. 1982. Indonesia.
The Stabilizer. 1984. Indonesia.
SUMMER OF SHRAPNEL
Crazy Thunder Road. Gakuryu (Sogo) Ishii, 1980. Japan.
Intrepidos Punks. Francisco Guerrero, 198?. Mexico.
DARK WAVES (with Greg Eggebeen)
Night Tide.
The Flesh Eaters.
July
BRONXPLOITATION (with Greg Eggebeen)
Guests: Alan & Susan Raymond.
80 Blocks from Tiffanys. Gary Weis, 1979. USA.
1990: The Bronx Warriors. Enzo G. Castellari, 1982. Italy.
Beat This! A Hip-Hop History with Bombin’. Dick Fontaine, 1984-1986. UK.
The Police Tapes. Alan & Susan Raymond, 1977. USA.
Tenement. Roberta Findlay, 1985. USA.
May/June
PETER WATKINS (May/June) (With Clark Fitzgerald and LJ Frezza)
The Gladiators, 1968. Sweden.
Punishment Park, 1970. USA.
Edvard Munch, 1974. Sweden/Norway.
The 70s People, 1974. Denmark.
The Trap, 1975. Sweden.
Evening Land, 1976. Denmark.
The Freethinker, 1992-1994. Sweden.
La Commune, 2000. France.
APRIL
KRAFTWRECK
Master of the Flying Guillotine. Jimmy Wang Yu, 1976. Taiwan/Hong Kong.
With: “Interplanetary Revolution.” Nikolai Khodataev, et al., 1924. USSR.
“La Marche Des Machines.” Eugene Deslaw, 1927. France.
“Necrology.” Claus Löser, 1981. East Germany.
Excerpt from Breakin’. Joel Silberg, 1984. USA.
Das Millionenspiel. Tom Toelle & Wolfgang Menge, 1970. West Germany.
With: West German television commercials, 1963-1970.
“Jeux Des Reflets et De La Vietesse.” Henri Chomette, 1925. France.
“The Birth of the Robot.” Len Lye, 1935. UK.
“Hommage a la Sarraz.” Lutz Dammbeck, 1981. East Germany.
WORLD OF DARKNESS
I, the Executioner.
O Drakos.
March
TAKING TIGER MOUNTAIN
Guest: Tom Huckabee. NYC Premiere.
Taking Tiger Mountain. Tom Huckabee & Kent Smith, 1983. USA.
NEARLY DISTANT FUTURES II
Morning Patrol.
Dead Mountaineers Hotel.
January
KILL ALL REDNECK PRICKS: A DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT A BAND CALLED KARP (January)
Guest: William Badgley. NYC Premiere.
ROCKUARY
Helicopter String Quartet.
Friends Forever.
THE FILMS OF ROLAND KLICK
Deadlock.
Supermarkt.
Bubchen.
White Star.
- SPENCER YEH’S HAIR POLICE DOCUMENTARY
OFFSHORE TELEVISION
2011
December
July Rain.
The Devil.
November
DON’T LET OUR YOUTH GO TO WASTE
Who Can Kill a Child?.
October
SPECTOBER
The Driller Killer.
Messiah of Evil.
Wake in Fright.
Rituals.
La Residencia.
La otra.
White Reindeer.
Ghost Story of Yotsuya.
The Black Pit of Dr. M.
A Bucket of Blood.
Spider Baby.
GOODBYE, AMERICA
STRANGE RIVALS SCORE DEMENTIA 13
August
3D
The Bubble.
It Came from Outer Space.
WHITE LIGHT/CANNED HEAT (August)
Thunder Road. Arthur Ripley.
Moonrunners.
THE PIT
THE FILMS OF CAN’S SOUNDTRACKS, PT. 2
Alice in the Cities.
Deep End.
July
ARCH CRIMINALS REVISITED
Judex.
The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse. Fritz Lang.
June
THE FILMS OF CAN’S SOUNDTRACKS
A Big Grey-Blue Bird. Thomas Schamoni.
Deadlock. Roland Klick.