309: Art Cinemas in Crisis

Archival Spaces 309 Only in Theatres (2022) Uploaded 25 November 2022 There is a shot in the new documentary Only in Theatres of Greg Laemmle, the CEO of the storied Laemmle Theatres in Los Angeles, patiently putting up new lettering on the marquee, a cumbersome still analog process. The image is not only emblematic ofContinue reading “309: Art Cinemas in Crisis”

270: Warner Bros. abandon DVDs?

Archival Spaces 270 Will Warner Brothers Abandon DVDs/blu-rays? Uploaded 28 May 2021 Several weeks ago, Twitter, Facebook, and other social media sites blew up with the news that AT & T’s Warner Media had announced that the WB would be abandoning the distribution of physical movie media, i.e., DVDs and Blu-rays, turning sales over toContinue reading “270: Warner Bros. abandon DVDs?”

264: Restored Avant-Garde Films (NL)

Archival Spaces 264 Restored Avant-Garde Films from the Netherlands Uploaded   5 March 2021 Between February 24 and March 9, 2021, the Eye Museum, Amsterdam and Anthology Film Archives, New York, are presenting a streamed film program, “THERE ARE NO RULES!: RESTORED AND REVISITED AVANT-GARDE FILMS FROM THE NETHERLANDS,” co-curated by Simona Monizza, Mark-Paul Meyer andContinue reading “264: Restored Avant-Garde Films (NL)”

257: Cinefest Hamburg

Archival Spaces 257 Cinefest: Cinema, War and Tulips Downloaded 4 December 2020 The 17th International Festival of German Film Patrimony, sponsored by the Hamburg Cinegraph, screened online from 14 to 22 November: “Cinema, War and Tulips. German-Dutch Film Relations;” it was accompanied by a film historical conference (20-22 November). I’ll discuss the conference in my nextContinue reading “257: Cinefest Hamburg”