With Live Music by John M. Davis April 25, 7:30pm – Transmitter Brewery, Brooklyn Pandora’s Box, the 1929 silent masterpiece by G.W. Pabst starring Louise Brooks, was dismissed by critics and censored on its release. It was rediscovered by cineasts in the 1950’s and restored to its full running time in 2009. This is not…
Read moreSilent Film Alert! MOMA French Comedies
I’ll be performing the following two shows with Donald Sosin: Wednesday, Nov 28, 4:00pm https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/4932?locale=en The French had their share of broad, slapstick performers, but they also developed more subtle, character-driven comedies typified by the work of actor-director Leonce Perret. His influence across the Atlantic can be seen in the situational shorts of Mr….
Read moreNew Performance of “The Man With a Movie Camera” at the Museum of the Moving Image
SCREENING & LIVE EVENT Man with a Movie Camera with live music Part of See It Big! Documentary Saturday, February 13, 2:30 p.m. BUY TICKETS With live music performed by Donald Sosin (keyboards), John M. Davis (keyboards, accordion, theremin), John Mettam (percussion, electronics), and Mattias Olsson (drums). Music by John M. Davis and Donald Sosin.
Read moreMOMA performance on October 30th, 2011
On October 30th at 2:30 pm I’ll be performing at the Museum of Modern Art with Donald Sosin, Peter Gordon, Bobby Hirschhorn, David Tasgal and Rick Cutler for a program of silent films entitled “Cruel and Unusual Comedy from the Desmet Collection of the Eye Institute”. These are some wacky shorts from 1911-1913, many from…
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