Author Archives: Jan-Christopher Horak

Archival Spaces 322 La mujer murcielago (1968) restored Uploaded 26 May 2023 On Friday, 14 April 2023, I attended a midnight screening at the TCM Film Festival of the newly restored La mujer murcielago/Batwoman (1968), directed by Cuban-Mexican director, René Cardona, and produced by Guillermo Calderón (1919-2018). The producer was the son of Rafael CalderónContinue reading “322: Batwoman”

Archival Spaces 321 In Memoriam: Erik Daarstad Uploaded 12 May 2023 I first met the cinematographer, Erik Daarstad, when my daughter Gianna Mei Li was a member of the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus. It was the Summer of 2008 and she was joining the chorus on their tour of mainland China, an event documented inContinue reading “321: Erik Daarstad”

Archival Spaces 320 Orphan Film Symposium: All-Television Edition Uploaded 28 April 2023 For the first time since May 2011, UCLA Film & Television Archive hosted the Orphan Film Symposium with New York University, again at the Billy Wilder Theater. Co-curated by Orphans founder and NYU professor Dan Streible and John H. Mitchell Curator of TelevisionContinue reading “320: Orphans Film Symposium”

Archival Spaces 319 Deutsche Kinemathek in Peril Uploaded 14 April 2023 While in Berlin in February for the Berlinale, I heard the first disturbing reports that the Deutsche Kinemathek, one of Germany’s oldest film archives will lose its space in 2025 in the Sony Building, where it has maintained offices, archives, and the Museum forContinue reading “319: Deutsche Kinemathek”