Silent Movies

Peter Hutton's New York trilogy. An act of urban archaeology, a chronicle of indelible impressions of the city.

Phemie, an avowed man-hater, marries Joe, the village blacksmith.

Released in 1901

As a grieving widow clings to the memory of her husband, a quiet friend watches from a distance-holding in his hands the sight of the fact that the...

Consists of frantic and (mostly) uninformative pans sprinting across Elam's lawn.

Released in 1901

A lone wanderer treks the solitary landscape of devoid suburbia, and something is missing... who is he? Where does he come from?

Multiple thrusts and then retractions of oranges, reds, blues, and the flickering, almost black, textural dissolves suggesting an amalgam approaching...

A contemplative, seemingly timeless record of the years Hutton spent in Southeast Asia while working as a merchant seaman. Jon Jost writes, "The film...

Dark, fast-paced symmetry in mixed weave of tones moving from oranges & yellows to blue-greens, then retreating (dissolves of zooming away) to both...

Klettern im Fels (in English, "Rock Climbing") is a German silent documentary about rock climbing. It was directed by the cameraman Hermann Schadock...

Introducing the Ace Cinematic Universe

Mutt and Jeff fight with Indians.

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 22nd, 1919.

A rare spoof. With the success of the 1925 film, The Lost World, it is common that when something is popular and successful, it is bound to be a...

An educational film showing three different ways artists can make money. And spend money...

One man. One church. What could possibly go wrong?

A covered bridge and the nature surrounding it.

Watch as Aiden Aleman creates his newest art piece “TRUTH” in the middle of Zilker Park.