"Ghosts on dry toast."
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Endless thanks to The Film-Makers’ Cooperative for having us return with another edition of DarkRoom. All the films were screened on excellent 16mm prints and the crowd was fantastic. We could not have asked for a better way to kick off December than being amongst fellow cinema patrons and aesthetes in the FMC microcinema.
(Pictured: the great Gillian Harrill performing a live, improvised harp score to a 16mm print of 1999’s The Lion and The Zebra Make God’s Raw Jewels by Stan Brakhage)
Special thanks to Matt McKenzie and the FMC team for hosting us. Be sure to check out their excellent monthly programming, and we plan to return in 2026…
NEXT UP in the DarkRoom ✨
Saturday, December 13: DarkRoom Screening & Salon will make its Yonkers debut at Yonkers Arts! Doors 6pm • Films 7pm. A brand-new lineup of some award-winning films in a committed arts space, with artists in attendance. Join us with a FREE RSVP!
Tuesday, December 23: DarkRoom rounds out 2025 with one last show at Freddy’s Bar & Backroom in Brooklyn (Doors 8pm • Films 9pm). 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 to attend + donations encouraged. It will be a very different type of curation, so if you’ve ever had the holiday blues, this one is for you.
Free limited edition zines will be available exclusively at each screening.
* If you are interested in screening a short film at DarkRoom, please use THIS FORM and send us your work. We cannot promise a response to every submission, but we do watch each film and will respond to you well in advance of the date to confirm your availability.
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• We have MERCH AND MOVIE POSTERS! Shirts, hats, tote bags, stickers, and more in limited supply. You can either purchase online or directly from us at a DarkRoom screening.
• Hannah Lee Thompson (of Hannah Ha Ha fame) released an excellent record this year titled Margaret, featuring a music video for the single “Before You Met Margaret.”
• WTO/99 is concluding its week-long run at DCTV. We are moderating the 1pm show on Wednesday. Check out the schedule and buy a ticket to one of the very best docs of 2025! This is seriously not to be missed.
• LE CINEMA CLUB presents this very good interview with Charlie Shackleton for his tremendous feature (and one of the best films of 2025) Zodiac Killer Project.
• Today marks the 75th Anniversary of the original release of Luis Buñuel’s Los Olvidados (1950) (aka The Forgotten Ones; aka The Young and the Damned), one of the greatest films ever made. Shot on location in Mexico City and promptly banned in Mexico upon its release, the film would go on to win Best Director at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. Brutal watch. Read what Andre Bazin wrote about this masterpiece.
• Richard Brody unveiled his list of The Best Films of 2025 (via The New Yorker). Always worth a read.
• Sunday, December 21: the BE THERE FILM FESTIVAL returns to the Windjammer in Ridgewood. Bring a film and screen it in person for a live audience. Hosted by Fungus Pumpkin and Footlight Presents.
• “The crisp path through the field in this December snow, in the deep dark, where we trod the buried grass like ghosts on dry toast.” – Dylan Thomas
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Zach Strum is one of our favorite filmmakers, and this time he’s really outdone himself with a music video: 200 backflips on 16mm. Brilliant. Stunning. Watch and enjoy.
xoxo
Non Films
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