This program brings together films that explore sensuality, the body and romantic love, and their expression through the haptic medium of 16mm film. With a note of nostalgia, this screening aims to depict the ineffable and mythic possibilities of desire, sex and a sensuous relationship with the natural world.

Programmed by Anna Higgins.

16mm prints and films from FILMFORM and LUX.

Anticipation of the Night
Stan Brakhage, 1958, 16mm, 40 min

Introduced by The Receptionist

The Hotel is pleased to present a rare 16mm projection of Stan Brakhage's magnum opus, Anticipation of the Night.

Presented in 16mm by Dominic Angerame

This is the first time Dog Star Man, the complete series, has been shown in the Bay Area on 16mm celluloid film in decades. It is considered a masterpiece by the most distinguished experimental filmmakers, Stan Brakhage.

In the historic port city of Cartagena, Spain—border crossing between Global North and Global South, between the south of Europe and the north of Africa—we present a program of experimental cinema from the “other continent,” with weight placed less on North America (with which we nevertheless chronologically begin) than Latin America.