Archival Spaces 285 Vienna in Hollywood Symposium Uploaded 24 December 2021 Two weeks ago I attended and was a speaker at the Symposium, “Vienna in Hollywood. The Influence and Impact of Austrians on the Hollywood Film Industry 1920s – 2020s.” The event was hosted by the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, USC Libraries, USC’sContinue reading “285: Vienna in Hollywood Symposium”
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269: 1970s Women Directors
Archival Spaces 269 Liberating Hollywood. Women Directors & the Feminist Reform of 1970s American Cinema Uploaded 14 May 2021 The following review was originally written in October 2019 but remained unpublished. With a woman of color winning an Oscar for directing this year, this book remains hugely relevant. In October 2019, it was announced inContinue reading “269: 1970s Women Directors”
255: Leo Hurwitz’s Strange Victory
Archival Spaces 255 CINE SALON BEYOND with Leo Hurwitz’s Strange Victory (1948) Uploaded 6 November 2020 Dartmouth’s Film and Media Studies Department recently sponsored a CINE SALON BEYOND (online) with host Bruce Posner and Tom Hurwitz, the award-winning documentary filmmaker who is the son of Leo Hurwitz. The event included clips from Tom’s soon-to-be-released Can You Bring It? (2020),Continue reading “255: Leo Hurwitz’s Strange Victory”
245: Strawberry Statement’s 50th
Archival Spaces 245 50th Anniversary, The Strawberry Statement (1970) Downloaded 19 June 2020 The Strawberry Statement (1970, Stuart Hagmann), based on a bestselling book by James S. Kunen, premiered 50 years ago on 15 June 1970. That academic year I was a college freshman in Athens, Ohio, when reading the novel was de rigeur. as were other youth movement favorites, including OneContinue reading “245: Strawberry Statement’s 50th”
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