Alexandra Dean's Hedy Lamarr Documentary Plays at Metrograph November 10th & 11th

Alexandra Dean's Hedy Lamarr Documentary Plays at Metrograph November 10th & 11th

On Friday, November 10th, 2023, at 4:30pm, and Saturday, November 11th, 2023, at 2:15pm, Alexandra Dean’s 2017 documentary about actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr, titled BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY, will play at Metrograph. Dean will be in attendance at the November 11th screening for an introduction and Q&A session. GME distributes BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY to the North American university market on Blu-Ray, DVD, and DSL.

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Revisiting Mark Rappaport's Rock Hudson Collage Film For Home Movie Day

Revisiting Mark Rappaport's Rock Hudson Collage Film For Home Movie Day

Today, October 21st, is Home Movie Day. An essential work in the “home movie” genre is Mark Rappaport’s 1992 collage film ROCK HUDSON’S HOME MOVIES, currently available for North American institutional acquisition, as both a DSL file and DVD, from GME.

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September 2023 Roundup of Screenings Related to GME's DSL, DVD, & Blu-ray Offerings

September 2023 Roundup of Screenings Related to GME's DSL, DVD, & Blu-ray Offerings

Happy Autumn from Gartenberg Media Enterprises! As we enter October, we’re looking back at a myriad of screenings from last month, in New York City and beyond, featuring films and/or filmmakers in our collection that we distribute to the North American university market. GME-associated artists were well-represented in September — from pioneering filmmakers like Ida Lupino, Jean-Luc Godard, Jose Val Del Omar, Maya Deren, and Man Ray, to contemporary artists like Karel Doing, Rose Lowder, and Lav Diaz. The work of Warren Sonbert, which is exclusively represented by GME, was also screened in various venues in September.

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New James Benning Documentary Playing at NYFF

New James Benning Documentary Playing at NYFF

On Sunday, October 8th, and Monday, October 9th, 2023, James Benning’s new film ALLENSWORTH will screen at the New York Film Festival in the Currents section. Benning remains one of our most significant, formalist avant-garde filmmakers, and GME is proud to be the sole distributor of his films to the North American university market. Currently available from GME as both DVDs and DVD/DSL bundles are Benning’s films 11 X 14, ONE WAY BOOGIE WOOGIE, 27 YEARS LATER (1977-2012), GRAND OPERA (1979), AMERICAN DREAMS (LOST & FOUND) (1984), O PANAMA (1985), LANDSCAPE SUICIDE (1986), DESERET (1995), FOUR CORNERS (1997), his CALIFORNIA TRILOGY (1999-2001), CASTING A GLANCE (2007), RR (2007), NATURAL HISTORY (2009), and RUHR (2014).

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Dominic Angerame Program at SF's Roxie This Saturday

Dominic Angerame Program at SF's Roxie This Saturday

This Saturday, October 7th, 2023, nine short works by filmmaker, theorist, and avant-garde activist Dominic Angerame will screen at San Francisco’s Roxie in a program titled The Soul of Cinema. GME is proud to distribute nine of Angerame’s “city symphonies” in the collection CITYSCAPES, which is available to the North American university market as both a DSL file and physical DVD.

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Today is International Silent Movie Day!

Today is International Silent Movie Day!

Today, September 29th, has been established by an international group of film archivists as Silent Movie Day! Head to the DVD Distribution section of our website and learn about the myriad International Silent Classics in our catalogue, currently available for institutional rental or acquisition in North America.

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Eduardo Darino Retrospective Playing at the Film-Makers' Cooperative

Eduardo Darino Retrospective Playing at the Film-Makers' Cooperative

Eight films by legendary filmmaker and animator Eduardo Darino will play at the Film-Makers’ Cooperative on Friday, September 29th, at 7pm, to celebrate Darino’s six-decade career. GME associate Matt McKinzie curated and will present this program. GME highlights the work of Darino’s contemporaries, similarly groundbreaking Latin American moving image artists, in the must-have collection CINE A CONTRACORRIENTE: A JOURNEY THROUGH THE OTHER LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA.

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