Stephen Broomer Explained

Stephen Broomer (born 1984) is a Canadian experimental filmmaker, film scholar and video essayist.[1]

Life and career

Son of jazz musician Stuart Broomer and influenced by Stan Brakhage when he began to make films,[2] [3] the Toronto-based filmmaker received his PhD in 2015 from Ryerson University & York University's joint program in Communications and Culture.[4]

He is the founder of the home video label Black Zero offering restorations of rare and forgotten Canadian experimental films by Arthur Lipsett, Richard Kerr and John Hofsess[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] and a contributing writer for the Portland-based publication Split Tooth Media, mainly on the October Horror series of written essays.[12] [13]

He is also the author of an upcoming critical biography on Lipsett (whom he called "a visionary force and holy fool") titled Secret Museums.[14]

Accolades

His series of video essays entitled Art & Trash, focusing on underground, avant-garde and cult cinema, have been mentioned in Sight & Sound's annual polls of best video essays multiple times.[15] [16] [17]

Selected filmography

A Phenomenal Catalogue (2023)

Sources:[15] [16] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [17] [32] [33] [34] [35]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Light Cone - Stephen BROOMER. lightcone.org. 2024-08-02.
  2. Web site: Mark Miller writing on my father, Stuart Broomer, for the May 18, 1978 issue of Downbeat. Stephen Broomer on Twitter. twitter.com. 1978-05-18. 2024-08-02.
  3. https://vimeo.com/989113491 On Potamkin (for La Casa del Cine) - Stephen Broomer on Vimeo
  4. Web site: Stephen Broomer - The Film-Makers' Cooperative. film-makerscoop.com. 2024-08-02.
  5. Web site: Paths to Freedom: An Interview with Black Zero's Stephen Broomer. Split Tooth Media. 18 July 2023 . 2024-08-02.
  6. Web site: New Blu Ray of Three Films by Experimental filmmaker Richard Kerr. Offscreen. 2024-08-02.
  7. https://www.artforum.com/columns/jason-anderson-on-john-hofsesss-palace-of-pleasure-190083/ Lost and Found - Artfourm
  8. https://cinema-scope.com/cinema-scope-magazine/nothing-and-everything-black-zero-begins/ Nothing and Everything: Black Zero Begins - Cinema Scope
  9. https://expcinema.org/site/en/publishers/black-zero Black Zero|Experimental Cinema
  10. https://vimeo.com/1027898328 "True Canadian Underground," Black Zero at Gimme Some Truth, Winnipeg Film Group (November 2024) - Black Zero on Vimeo
  11. https://brooklynrail.org/2017/03/film/Inside-the-Pleasure-Palace/ Inside the Pleasure Palace – The Brooklyn Rail
  12. https://www.splittoothmedia.com/timekeepers-of-eternity-2021-langoliers-paper-movie/ Paperback: Prisoners of the Printed Page and the Frayed Aesthetics of ‘The Timekeepers of Eternity’ (2021) - Split Tooth Media
  13. https://www.splittoothmedia.com/suffer-little-children/ The Right Place: Martyrs and Monsters in 'Suffer Little Children' - Split Tooth Media
  14. https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8646-november-books November Books|Current|The Criterion Collection
  15. Web site: The best video essays of 2022 Sight and Sound. bfi.org.uk. 13 January 2023 . 2024-08-02.
  16. Web site: The best video essays of 2021 Sight and Sound. bfi.org.uk. 18 January 2022 . 2024-08-02.
  17. https://www.bfi.org.uk/polls/best-video-essays-2023 The best video essays of 2023|BFI
  18. Web site: Potamkin by Stephen Broomer Arts + Literature Laboratory Madison Contemporary Arts Center. artlitlab.org. 29 July 2022 . 2024-08-02.
  19. Web site: Stephen Broomer - IFFR EN. iffr.com. 2024-08-02.
  20. Web site: 'Wicked, Wicked,' Polyrhythmic Form, and the Vicious Split-Screen . Film School Rejects. 7 April 2023 . 2024-08-02.
  21. Web site: Be It True, or Be It Fals: Stephen Broomer Discusses "Tondal's Vision" on Notebook. MUBI. 12 August 2019 . 2024-08-02.
  22. Web site: An Experimental Decade, the Features: 30 Films of a Fortunate Man on Notebook. MUBI. 17 December 2019 . 2024-08-02.
  23. Web site: INCITE » Rituals in Transfigured Space: Interview with Stephen Broomer, by Clint Enns. incite-online.net. 2024-08-02.
  24. https://www.splittoothmedia.com/johnny-minotaur/ Passions in the Labyrinth: The Decline of Classical Allegory in Johnny Minotaur - Split Tooth Media
  25. https://www.lynnesachs.com/tag/figure-and-i/ Figure and I|Lynne Sachs: experimental documentary filmmaker
  26. https://www.puntoyrayafestival.com/tv/artists/broomer-stephen PyRTV
  27. https://filmint.nu/carriage-broomer-potamkin/ The Carriage Set Upright: Stephen Broomer on Potamkin - Film International
  28. https://www.splittoothmedia.com/mindwarp/ Second Deaths: Metaphors for Tolerance in Mindwarp - Split Tooth Media
  29. https://vimeo.com/941433379 The Eyes of Hell: Depth and Death in The Mask - Art & Trash on Vimeo
  30. https://canyoncinema.com/2023/03/16/now-available-three-new-blu-rays-from-black-zero/ Canyon Cinema : Now in Stock: Three New Blu-rays from Black Zero
  31. https://canyoncinema.com/2018/02/14/canyon-cinema-50-begins-now/ Canyon Cinema : Canyon Cinema 50 — February & March Events
  32. https://vimeo.com/916066093 Against Illustration: Poetics and Intuition in the Video Essay - Art & Trash on Vimeo
  33. https://tangibleterritory.art/journal/issue-5-content/black-zero-into-the-underground-of-home-viewing/ Black Zero: Into the Underground of Home Viewing - TANGIBLE TERRITORY
  34. https://canyoncinema.com/2020/11/09/now-available-new-digital-files-from-stephen-broomer/ Now Available: New Digital Files from Stephen Broomer
  35. https://vimeo.com/1008207186 Paperback: Prisoners of the Printed Page in The Timekeepers of Eternity - Art & Trash on Vimeo

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