2 January - THE SEEDS OF CINEMA
In commemoration of the end of the Jubilee Year, the RBMC, in collaboration with Boston's Pop-A-Top Bijou (Rich Pontius and John Quakenbush) presents a program of films "born" in full perfection, various instances of the "son of film." John and Rich collected camera rolls from all over, to which the RBMC has made additional contributions. Expect to see films in all the usual formats (16mm, Reg-8 and Super 8) by Mike Olshan, Joel Schlemowitz, Jem Cohen, David Nevarrez, Chana Pollack, Chris Colt, Jason Miller, George Lewis, John Quakenbush, Rich Pontius, Francois Boue, Brian Coffey, Aaron Scott, Paul Bollaro, Stanley Swantz, Luke Sieczek, Brian Frye and more, including yourself, should you choose to participate.

9 January - THE RED AND THE BLACK
Rebecca Baron visits the RBMC with a double feature - her new film okay bye-bye and Alexander Kluge's 1976 Der Starcke Ferdinand (Strongman Ferdinand). A film essay on the horrible legacy of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge, okay bye-bye was what Cambodian children shouted to the U.S. ambassador as he fled Phnom Penh in a helicopter in 1975. Examining documents and photographs taken of murdered Cambodians, including found Super-8 footage of an unidentified Cambodian man, Baron imagines the experiences of those caught in this nightmare of blood and terror: both the slain and those responsible for their execution. Kluge's rarely seen feature Der Starke Ferdinand is a characteristic parable for the pathological character of postwar German society. In a mordantly ironic inversion of Dirty Harry, an insubordinate police officer-cum-"security expert" carries his obsession with security to absurd lengths.

16 January - THE MADNESS OF REEFER: 1960s NOSTALGIA
It's Stoner's Night Out as film archivist Mike Olshan tokes up and combs the flakier fringes of his collection. We'll see hippies peaking at the first Central Park Human Be-In, colorful LSD hallucinations, antidrug PSAs, documentary clips, the famous THC lab test, forgotten rock-band promos, Sonny Bono's anti-weed oratory and excerpts from the ever-popular Reefer Madness.

23 January - LETTERS FROM DOWN UNDER
Tonight Australian experimental filmmaker Marcus Bergner visits with a program of films by himself and other Australian filmmakers. Bergner will show his 16mm and Super-8 films, including Musical Four Letters, Angeldozer, Thread of Voice, Magnified Crumbs of Kindness, The Surface and Ribs Ribs, accompanied by more films TBA.

30 January - THE DOUBLE LIFE OF THE CINEMA
The cine-duo Barbara Meter (Holland) and Guy Sherwin (UK) visit the RBMC with a special double feature. Barbara Meter will show several of her lyrically beautiful single-screen films, which sadly haven't turned up in NYC in quite some time. Films TBA at this point, though there'll be an update shortly. RBMC favorite Guy Sherwin (you may have seen his beautiful film Messages...) will be showing several of his film performances, including Man With Mirror, Railings and more. Bradley and I are both really looking forward to this one, so don't miss it!