Zeitgeist doing MOMA retrospective

Company to showcase films at L.A. Museum

By WINTER MILLER

Zeitgeist Films marks two decades with a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art from June 26-July 23. Pics in the series, “Zeitgeist: The Films of Our Times” include “Nowhere in Africa,” “Irma Vep,” “Lumumba,” “Aimee and Jaguar,” “The Corporation,” “Ballets Russes” and “Into Great Silence.”

Opening-night films, Guy Maddin’s “Careful” and Jacques Demy’s “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” will be introduced by Maddin. Additoinal directors introducing their films include Todd Haynes with “Poison” and “Dottie Gets Spanked”; Bruce Weber with “Let’s Get Lost”; Yvonne Rainer with”Privilege”; and Atom Egoyan with “Calendar.”

Emily Russo and Nancy Gerstman co-founded the shingle in Greenwich Village with a budget of $2,000. Indie distrib released the early films of Haynes, Deepa Mehta, Egoyan, Framcois Ozon, Olivier Assayas, Christopher Nolan, and Maddin.

“Over the past 20 years our industry has undergone enormous change, and many companies involved in distribution have come and gone, but Zeitgeist has remained, and thrived,” said co-toppers Gerstman and Russo.