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”
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318: Richard Scheckman
Archival Spaces 318 Richard Scheckman in Memoriam Uploaded 31 March 2023 I met Ricky Scheckman in the mid-1980s when I first attended the Syracuse Cinefest, having recently become a curator at George Eastman Museum in Rochester. Organized by the Syracuse Cinephile Society, the long weekend event had been founded by Phil Serling in 1980, andContinue reading “318: Richard Scheckman”
317: Berlinale II
Archival Spaces 317 Berlinale II Uploaded 17 March 2023 Because of the closing of two major venues around the Potsdamerplatz, the Festival’s previous geographic center, this year’s Berlinale was a challenge, just in terms of getting from one theatre to the next, since they were spread out all over town, from the Kurfurstendam in theContinue reading “317: Berlinale II”
316: The Berlinale
Archival Spaces 316 Berlinale Competition Uploaded 3 March 2023 The 73rd Berlinale took place between 16 – 26 February. I attended for the first time since 2019 because the COVID pandemic had kept me away. The largest film festival in the world, after Cannes and Venice, the Berlinale presents approximately 450 films in various programs,Continue reading “316: The Berlinale”
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