The Berlinale is lining up a retrospective devoted to the creative surge in cinema in the 1990s in Berlin and Eastern Europe, but also internationally, sparked by the fall of the Berlin Wall for its ...

Avant-garde filmmaker James Benning’s “11 x 14” bores audiences at first, but over the span of its 80 minute runtime, it reveals why it’s a staple of experimental filmmaking. Its singular nature of ...

There’s no way around it, James Benning‘s Ruhr is a challenging film. Seven shots compose the two-hour piece, all sourcing imagery from the Ruhr District of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, a ...

Celebrated experimental filmmaker James Benning visits Salt Lake City next week for two special screenings of recent feature-length works. --- On Monday, April 15, Benning will... Celebrated ...

Little Boy by James Benning has walked away with the Grand Prize at the 47th Cinéma du Réel International Documentary Film Festival, where the US director previously triumphed in 2018 with L. Cohen.

Even if we only really think about it during wildflower season, Central Texans know a thing or two about majestic landscapes. But we don’t hold a candle to director James Benning, a prolific ...

Jafar Panahi will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Rome Film Festival in October, with Oscar-winning director Giuseppe Tornatore set to handover the prize. The Iranian director will ...