Archival Spaces 405: The World Belongs to Us (1937) Uploaded 7 August 2026 In my last blog, I discussed the films of the Czech comedy team, Jiří Voskovec & Jan Werich, available on a 4-disc-set, produced by the Czech National Film Archive, now apparently out of print. I wanted to spend more time discussing theContinue reading “405: Voskovec & Werich 2”
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404: Czech Avant-Garde
Archival Spaces 404: Voskovec & Werich Uploaded 24 July 2026 My Dad grew up in Prague in the 1930s, a teenager. He later raved to me about Voskovec and Werich, who he had seen both on stage at the Liberated Theatre, and in the cinema. I thought about him when I recently pulled out ofContinue reading “404: Czech Avant-Garde”
403: Ellen Richter
Archival Spaces 403: Weimar Germany’s Most Popular Unknown Film Star Uploaded 10 July 2026 Despite having starred in ca. 70 films, despite having been one of the most popular actresses in Weimar Germany, and despite operating her own production company throughout the 1920s and early 1930s, Ellen Richter is invisible in the canons of classicContinue reading “403: Ellen Richter”
401: FIAF Prize to Ouagadougou
Archival Spaces 401: Ardiouma Soma Accepts Award Uploaded 26 June 2026 In April, at the 2026 FIAF Conference in Rabat, Morocco, Ardiouma Soma, the retired festival director of the Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de la Télévision de Ouagadougou (FESPACO) and a representative of the Cinémathèque Africaine de Ouagadougou (CAO), received the prestigious FIAF AwardContinue reading “401: FIAF Prize to Ouagadougou”
