Amy Halpern Movies

  • 2022
    Fire Belly

    Fire Belly

    Fire Belly

    02022HD

    Ancient alchemists believed that salamanders can be reborn from fire, like the phoenix or Christ. They do not survive fire, nor extreme dryness. And...

    Fire Belly
  • 2022
    VERGE for my sisters

    VERGE for my sisters

    VERGE for my sisters

    02022HD

    A horizon like a blade.  Consistent across landscapes in California – ocean to desert and back to the ocean.

    VERGE for my sisters
  • 2020
    #27

    #27

    #27

    6.52020HD

    #27
  • 1972
    A Glance

    A Glance

    A Glance

    01972HD

    Literally, a glance. A dedication; my emissary. –A. C. H.

    A Glance
  • 1980
    African Woman – USA

    African Woman – USA

    African Woman – USA

    01980HD

    A woman from Nigeria seeks work in the United States while her daughter struggles with premonitions and homesickness.

    African Woman – USA
  • 2016
    Newt Pauses

    Newt Pauses

    Newt Pauses

    02016HD

    Newt Pauses
  • 2023
    Slow Fireworks

    Slow Fireworks

    Slow Fireworks

    02023HD

    Slow Fireworks
  • 2012
    Three Minute Hells

    Three Minute Hells

    Three Minute Hells

    82012HD

    with Arwa Ibrahim 1 - Detention 2 - Hollywood Hills 3 - Reptile 4 - Bestiary 5 - Abstract and Concrete 6 - Doorway Occupation 7 - Sideways

    Three Minute Hells
  • 2023
    Jane, Looking

    Jane, Looking

    Jane, Looking

    62023HD

    A portrait of Jane Wodening (Brakhage). “A person who was the subject of the camera for many years looks back at us with an interrogating...

    Jane, Looking
  • 2020
    My Mink (Unowned Luxuries #2)

    My Mink (Unowned Luxuries #2)

    My Mink (Unowned Luxuries #2)

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    My Mink (Unowned Luxuries #2)
  • 1981
    Cuticle Torture

    Cuticle Torture

    Cuticle Torture

    01981HD

    1981, 16mm, b&w, silent, 2 mins. Shots of Halpern cutting her fingernails, biting them, and dunking them in water.

    Cuticle Torture
  • 2022
    My Dear Evaporant,

    My Dear Evaporant,

    My Dear Evaporant,

    62022HD

    What can I say about a private letter?

    My Dear Evaporant,
  • 2020
    Birds in the Window

    Birds in the Window

    Birds in the Window

    02020HD

    “Trying to get in, trying to get out. Encounters from the plague year.”

    Birds in the Window
  • 2018
    Vezelay Curtain

    Vezelay Curtain

    Vezelay Curtain

    62018HD

    Vezelay Curtain
  • 2022
    Ginko Yellow

    Ginko Yellow

    Ginko Yellow

    62022HD

    with Indigo Cohan.

    Ginko Yellow
  • 2023
    Newt Leaders

    Newt Leaders

    Newt Leaders

    02023HD

    Presents the physically necessary film “leaders”; at the front and back end of movies as aesthetic in themselves. (Amy Halpern)

    Newt Leaders
  • 1979
    Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    Kristallnacht

    91979HD

    A bewitching, mysterious work of enveloping beauty, the film’s ominous title and a dedication to Anne Frank deeply inform our reading of its...

    Kristallnacht
  • 2012
    By Halves

    By Halves

    By Halves

    02012HD

    By Halves uses appropriated footage from rejected 35mm prints that were cut in half and readjusted to be used as spacers for 16mm to sync sound...

    By Halves
  • 2022
    4 Fingers, 5 Toes

    4 Fingers, 5 Toes

    4 Fingers, 5 Toes

    02022HD

    Endangered animals on an endangered medium. A heartbeat 4/4 Slow cinema, with a sex scene.

    4 Fingers, 5 Toes
  • 1978
    Cigarette Burn

    Cigarette Burn

    Cigarette Burn

    71978HD

    Cigarette Burn