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REFLECTIONS FROM A CINEMATIC CESSPOOL: GEORGE & MIKE KUCHAR

December 13 – December 15

December 13-15, 2025

To celebrate the publication of a new edition of George and Mike Kuchar’s beloved memoir, “Reflections from a Cinematic Cesspool”, we gleefully present five programs of the twin brothers’ delightful and inimitable movies. Raised in the Bronx, George and Mike were 8mm filmmaking dynamos whose endless resourcefulness, sardonic style, and far out subject matter made them darlings of the 1960s underground. Working together and eventually apart, over the ensuing decades the Kuchars made hundreds of brazen and often deliriously campy films and videos that earned them global cult hero status. Where would the world be today without the Kuchars? It’s harrowing to think.

First published in 1997, and long unavailable, “Reflections…” is both memoir and manifesto, an irreverent, hilarious, and deeply personal dispatch from two of the most beautifully deranged minds in independent film history. Back in print thanks to Inpatient Press, the book is a treasure trove of riotous stories and secrets about the Kuchars’ lives and careers. These screenings will focus on deep cuts from their seemingly bottomless oeuvre, with rarely screened 16mm films from each of the brothers, a program of new digital works by Mike, and more.

For more info about “Reflections from a Cinematic Cesspool”, visit: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9781965874240/reflections-from-a-cinematic-cesspool/ 

Guest-programmed by Andrew Lampert, the editor of “The George Kuchar Reader” (2014). Special thanks to Mitch Anzuoni (Inpatient Press) and Michelle Silva.

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