Fragments of Musclefest 2026: The Anatomy Lesson

All you need before attending Muscle Distribution’s Musclefest, a four-night screening series at the Roxy Cinema in mid-September, is a general belief that we don’t yet know the limitations of the moving image because we don’t yet know the limitations (and so, possibilities) of play and pleasure; there is simply too much to see and do. Spearheaded by film programmer, maker, and historian Elizabeth Purchell, this is the mark of Muscle Distribution: almost-forgotten works get handsome new due and sit alongside...