Early Monthly Segments

About EMS

Now in its eighth year, Early Monthly Segments is a monthly film series named after an early film by Robert Beavers, and is inspired by the immediacy, vibrancy and experimentation found in that film. Programmed by Scott Miller Berry, Chris Kennedy, and Kate MacKay this series features historical and contemporary avant-garde 16mm films in a salon-like setting at the Gladstone Art Bar in Toronto, Canada. In this relaxed context with refreshing beverages and food available, we hope to encourage a convivial atmosphere for engaged viewing and post-screening dialogue. We do not receive public funding for our programs. We pay artists from admissions.

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Reviews
Jason Anderson teases out a bit more of our ethos in his eye weekly article here.
Thomas Barker reviews Allison Cameron’s live soundtrack to our presentation of Eisenstein’s Strike here.
Blake Williams recommends us here.
And there’s a bit of a history of us in INCITE issue #4 available over here.

A typical screening looks something like this (thanks to John Porter!).

The Gladstone Hotel is located at 1214 Queen St West. The Art Bar is the eastern-most door of the Hotel. If we’re not there, look for us in the Ballroom (we’re growing!).

Thanks to everyone at The Gladstone Hotel and the artists who make the work we show.

For more info, or to join our email list, email earlymonthlysegments (@) gmail.com.

#102 = 7/11/18 = Karel Doing in person!

#101 = 4/21/18 = Ute Aurand in person!

#100 = 11/13/17 = Tom Mitchell in person!

#99 = 9/19/17 = Sarah Pucill

#98 = 7/24/17 = Abigail Child + Julie Murray

#97 = 6/27/17 = Prisoners of Conscience guest programmed by Shai Heredia

#96 = 5/1/2017 = MAY DAY = Finally Got the News

#95 = 4/11/2017 = Su Friedrich

#94 = 3/07/2017 = 8th Anniversary Screening = David Larcher’s The Mare’s Tail

#93 = 2/20/2017 = Midi Onodera’s The Displaced View

#92 = 1/2/2017 = Nina Fonoroff

#91 = 12/19/2016 = Jonas Mekas’s The Brig

#90 = 11/14/2016 = Barbara Sternberg book launch

#89 = 10/24/2016 = Dan Browne in person!

#88 = 9/26/2016 = Anja Dornieden and Juan David González Monroy in person!

#87 = 8/14/2016 = Remembering Roberto Ariganello

#86 = 7/18/2016 = Jerome Hill’s Film Portrait

#85 = 6/28/2016 = Corinne + Arthur Cantrill + Amanda Dawn Christie

#84 5/2/2016 = Alex MacKenzie in person!

#83 = 4/4/2016 = Tribute to Michael Wallin

#82 = 3/7/2016 = Seventh Anniversary = John Porter in person!

#81 = 2/15/2016 = Yvonne Rainer’s Lives of Performers!

#80 = 1/18/2016 = Hangjun Lee in person!

#79 = 12/14/2015 = Naomi Uman in person!

#78 = 11/23/2015 = Francois Miron + Paul Sharits

#77 = 10/26/2015 = Marjorie Keller + Saul Levine

#76 = 10/1/2015 = Claudio Caldini in person!

#75 = 8/24/2015 = Keith Lock + Oliver Bancroft (in person!)

#74 = 7/20/2015 = Les Blank’s Innocents Abroad

#73 = 5/25/2015 = Niagara Custom Lab

#72 = 4/20/2015 = Three recent works from Forum Lenteng (Indonesia)

#71 = 3/16/2015 = 6th Anniversary = Takashi Ito + Rose Lowder + Paul Sharits

#70 = 2/16/15 = Mary Helena Clark in person

#69 = 12/8/ 2014 = Peter Adair’s Holy Ghost People

#68 = 11/17/2014 = Harun Farocki

#67 = 10/20/2014 = Gregory Markopoulos Book Launch

#66 = 8/18/2014 = Ute Aurand + Gunvor Nelson

#65 = 7/14/2014 = A Tribute to Robert Gardner

#64 = 6/23/2014 = From the Notebook of… by Robert Beavers

#63 = 5/12/2014 = Susan Oxtoby + Lis Rhodes

#62 = 4/21/2014 = Mark LaPore

#61 = 3/17/2014 = 5th Anniversary Screening!

#60 = 2/17/14 = Sandra Meigs in person!

#59 = 1/13/14 = David Secter’s Winter Kept Us Warm

#58 = 12/9/13 = Taylor Mead + Kim Ku-lim + Wallace Berman

#57 = 11/18/2013 = Alfred Guzzetti’s Family Portrait Sittings

#56 = 10/21/2013 = Luther Price’s A.

#55 = 9/30/13 = Takahiko Iimura in person!

#54 = 8/19/13 = Deborah Stratman’s O’er the Land + Don Shebib

#53 = 7/29/13 = Perceptual Intensities

#52 = 6/24/13 = Material Action! W + B Hein + Brakhage + Solomon

#51 = 5/27/13 = Transitions: Brakhage + Mueller + Robinson + Silva + Sternberg

#50 = 4/22/13 = Jon Jost’s Speaking Directly (Some American Notes)

#49 = 4th Anniversary! = 3/18/13 = Trinh Minh-hà + Michael Wallin

#48 = 2/18/13 = Andy Warhol’s Kitchen

#47 = 1/21/13 = Jonas Mekas + Lorne Marin

#46 = 12/10/12 = Peter Rose + Vincent Grenier

#45 = 11/15-17/12 = Warren Sonbert Retrospective

#44 = 10/15/12 = Helga Fanderl in person!

#43 = 9/17/12 = Téo Hernandez

#42 = 8/13/12 = Susan Sontag’s Promised Lands

#41 = 7/16/12 = Andrzej Wajda

#40 = 6/11/12 = Ute Aurand/Ulrike Pfeiffer + Marie Menken

#39 = 5/7/12 = Nicky Hamlyn in person!

#38 = 4/23/12 = Ruth Noack presents Sally Potter + Patricia Gruben

#37 = 3/19/12 = 3rd Anniversary = Gordon Matta-Clark

#36 = 2/20/12 = Razor’s Edge = Barbara Hammer + Kurt Kren

#35 = 1/16/12 = Print Generation by J.J. Murphy

#34 = 12/5/11 = Hart of London by Jack Chambers

#33 = 11/21/11 = Jack Chambers + Nancy Holt + Robert Smithson

#32 = 10/17/11 = Robert Banks + Suzanne Naughton

#31 = 9/19/11 = Black Audio Film Collective + Paul Winkler

#30 = 8/15/11 = Owen Land Tribute

#29 = 7/18/11 = Jikagenzo!!!

#28 = 6/6/11 = Jaap Pieters: The Eye of Amsterdam

#27 = 5/16/11 = To What Earth Does This Sweet Cold Belong?

April Break = Gone Fishin’

#26 = 3/21/11 = 2nd Anniversary = Nathaniel Dorsky

#25 = 2/21/11 = James Broughton + Sidney Peterson

#24 = 1/24/11 = Peter Watkins + Brian Frye

#23 = 12/16/10 = Will Munro Memorial Fundraiser

#22 = 11/16/10 = Chick Strand

#21 = 10/19/10 = Paul Sharits + Peter Gidal

#20 = 9/21/10 = Lawrence Brose’s De Profundis

#19 = 8/17/10 = Robert Flaherty + Kevin Jerome Everson

#18 = 7/20/10 = Babette Mangolte

#17 = 7/6/10 = Naomi Uman in person!

#16 = 6/14/10 = Robert Gardner + David Rimmer

#15 = 5/18/10 = Eisenstein Accompanied

#14 = 4/12/10 = Ellie Epp in person!

#13 = 3/16/10 = 1st Year Anniversary = Robert Beavers

#12 = 2/16/10 = Marjorie Keller

#11 = 1/19/10 = James Benning + Nicky Hamlyn

#10 = 12/15/09 = Chris Marker + Stan Brakhage + Joyce Wieland + Joseph Cornell

#9 = 11/17/09 = Robert Todd in person

#8 = 10/20/09 = Brent Coughenour in person + Bruce Baillie + Kenneth Anger

#7 = 9/29/09 = Marlon Riggs + Warren Sonbert + Nikolai Ursin

#6 = 8/18/09 = Warren Sonbert + Claude Lelouch + Caroline & Frank Mouris

#5 = 7/21/09 = Ute Aurand + Gibbs Chapman + Keewatin Dewdney

#4 = 6/16/09 = Notes in Origin: Ellie Epp + Vanessa O’Neill + Rebecca Meyers

#3 = 5/5/09 = Vera Chytilová + Len Lye

#2 = 4/21/09 = Mary Ellen Bute + Hollis Frampton

#1 = 3/24/09 = Kidlat Tahimik + Marie Menken