At the MONA cinema in Australia: Henry Darger meets Sun Ra (Sun Ra: Space is the Place, 1974)– distant planets explored via Chicago.
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Darger at the Gate
‘Revolutions of the Night: The Enigma of Henry Darger’ screens at Notting Hill Gate Picturehouse, with tickets for the Q&A on December 16th available here: http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Gate_Picturehouse/news/item/Revolutions_Of_The_Night_The_Enigma_Of_Henry_Darger_Q_A/
‘Revolutions of the Night’ at Lincoln Center, New York
Q&A with Richard Peña – Director of the New York Film Festival, Director Mark Stokes
My top 10 movies – Greer Nicholson
It’s the halfway point in 2012. I’ve been busy blogging in a bunch of different places and organising events and – well, just having a very full life. But I have been asked to post a top 10, so here goes. Let’s see how many make the whole year top ten! 1) John Carter: Yes I know…
International Festival of Films on Art- Review in Art Press No.390
TRANSCRIBING HISTORY Sharing the tools used by art historians, a filmmaker can also delve into the past in search of clues, traces and analytical elements. The British director Mark Stokes’s movie Revolution of the Night: the Enigma of Henry Darger is a sensitive attempt to unearth the story of this major outsider art figure who…
OUTTAKES – David D’Arcy on film – Exhuming Reputations at FIFA 2012 – From ARTINFO.com
International Festival of Films on Art (Montreal, March 15-25) Awards for the 2012 International Festival of Films on Art were handed out last Saturday night in Montreal on the festival’s 25th anniversary. The selection was mixed, but it included some of the best films on art and architecture that you’re unlikely to see anywhere in…
THE ART NEWSPAPER Vol. XXI, No. 233
Revolutions of the Night: The Enigma of Henry Darger Directed by Mark Stokes. One of the most celebrated “outsider” artists, whose work has fetched close to $100m, Chicago hospital porter and recluse Darger would almost certainly have been forgotten about after his death in 1973 had it not been for his landlord, photographer Nathan Lerner,…
30th FIFA MONTREAL WORLD PREMIERE: REVOLUTIONS OF THE NIGHT: THE ENIGMA OF HENRY DARGER
‘Revolutions of the Night: The Enigma of Henry Darger’ has been selected to be screened in the Competition section at the 30th International Festival of Films on Art. The film’s World Premiere takes place on Saturday March 17th in Montreal, Canada. ‘The International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) is a non-profit organization devoted to…
‘Revolutions of the Night’ in London
‘Revolutions of the Night: The Enigma of Henry Darger’ previews in London on February 22nd. Special guest at this screening will be Kiyoko Lerner, guardian of Henry Darger’s amazing works, whose first-hand recollections form an essential part of the documentary. http://www.princesdrawingschool.org/calendar/main.asp
Henry Darger Documentary 