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.

SANTA FE — In the hyper-capitalistic world of mainstream filmmaking, there’s not much room for experimental or nonlinear narratives, or for prioritizing access and agency above exclusivity and profit.

Ever-moving, ever-changing — that’s the cinema of Bruce Baillie. “Ever westward, eternal rider!” reads the final title card in his epic, “Quick Billy” (1970). The journey is the thing that’s constant ...

When the Experimental Response Cinema collective held its first screenings in 2012, the curators involved reignited a cultural movement that had by that time abandoned all but the most obscure venues ...

Experimental Response Cinema showcases films that explore the prospect of untapped cinema. Highlighting the works of filmmakers like Roger Beebe, whose films combine multiple projectors and innovative ...

In an interview published last weekend, Francis Ford Coppola lamented that the course of his career - and specifically, such monumental early successes as The Godfather Parts I and II and Apocalypse ...

First Person Cinema is the longest running university program in the world screening avant-garde film and video work. It was started in 1955 by Carla Selby and Gladney Oakley under the name "The ...

This new year brings a new player to the Los Angeles repertory cinema scene: Film critic (and my colleague) Jordan Cronk has started Acropolis Cinema, a mobile screening series dedicated to ...

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. In searching for a concise definition of experimental cinema ...