Archival Spaces 334 Ivo Blom’s Quo Vadis?, Cabiria and the Archaeologists Uploaded 10 November 2023 In 2005, I published an article, “The Strange Case of the Fall of Jerusalem,” which won the Katherine Singer Essay Award and dealt with the archival identification of a biblically-themed film that was only known by its American States RightsContinue reading “334: Ivo Blom’s Cabiria…”
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333 Adrian Brunel
Archival Spaces 333 Adrian Brunel and British Cinema in the 1920s Uploaded 27 October 2023 Back in 1978 when I began researching Hans Richter’s film program for a 50th anniversary reconstruction of Film und Foto (1929), a seminal exhibition reprising the avant-garde photography and film of the 1920s, I first came across the name ofContinue reading “333 Adrian Brunel”
332: The Spanish Dancer (1923)
Archival Spaces 332 The Spanish Dancer (1923) on Blu-Ray Uploaded 13 October 2023 I first saw Herbert Brenon’s The Spanish Dancer (1923) in 1996 at the Giornate del Cinema Muto, when the Festival presented a mini-retrospective, “A Kiss for Herbert Brenon.” I had first discovered la Negri in her German films with Ernst Lubitsch, mostContinue reading “332: The Spanish Dancer (1923)”
331: Budapest Classics Film Marathon
Archival Spaces 331 Budapest Classics Film Marathon Uploaded 29 September 2023 The 6th iteration of the Budapest Classics Film Marathon happened from 12 – 17 September with an eclectic mix of restored films, 48 of them to be exact. The Festival this year featured a focus on Hungarian filmmakers abroad, Alexander Korda, Emeric Pressburger, andContinue reading “331: Budapest Classics Film Marathon”
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