296: Reinhard Heydrich’s End

Archival Spaces 296 Operation Anthropoid Uploaded 27 May 2022 Exactly 80 years ago, on 27 May 1942, the so-called Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia, Reinhard Heydrich, was wounded in an assassination attempt by members of the Czechoslovak Army in exile in an operation code-named Anthropoid. Flown in by the Royal Air Force and coordinated onContinue reading “296: Reinhard Heydrich’s End”

295: SFSFF

Archival Spaces 295 San Francisco Silent Film Festival Uploaded 13 May 2022 The San Francisco Silent Film Festival celebrated its 25th Anniversary, 5-11 May 2022, and its first live iteration since before the pandemic in 2019. It may also be the last SFSFF at the storied Castro Theater, which the owners -rumor has it –Continue reading “295: SFSFF”

294: Kyiv Film Archive in War

Archival Spaces 294 Ukrainian Film Archives in Peril Uploaded 29 April 2022 When the Giornate del cinema muto got its start in 1982 in Gemona, Italy, it was partially in response to a devastating earthquake that had rocked the area of Friuli in 1976, leaving its residents shell-shocked. I was reminded of that fact whenContinue reading “294: Kyiv Film Archive in War”

293: Austria on Hollywood’s Screens

Archival Spaces 293: Austria Made in Hollywood Uploaded 15 April 2022 Back in December, I reported on the Academy Film Museum Symposium “Vienna in Hollywood. The Influence and Impact of Austrians on the Hollywood Film Industry 1920s – 2020s.” Now, I have finally caught up with an excellent book that focuses less on Austrians inContinue reading “293: Austria on Hollywood’s Screens”