Archival Spaces 412: Czech Avant-garde Film in the 1930s Uploaded 13 November 2026 Two programs at the Giornate del cinema muto, organized by the Czech National Film Archive in Prague, were dedicated to “the Czech Avant-Garde” from the 1930s, curated by Sylva Poláková, Alena Horníčková, and Jiří Horníček. In the catalogue, the authors mention thatContinue reading “412: Giornate del cinema muto II”
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411: Giornate del cinema muto
Archival Spaces 411 Weimar Uncensored Uploaded 30 October 2026 This year’s Giornate del cinema muto presented a program of films made after the German Revolution, “Weimar Uncensored: Taboos and Transgressions in German Cinema, 1919-1920,” curated by Michael Cowan and Anton Kaes, when on November 12, 1918, the interim government abolished censorship; the Reichslichtspielgesetz of MayContinue reading “411: Giornate del cinema muto”
410: The Slanderers (1924) restored
Archival Spaces 410: New Restoration Screened at 2nd L.A. Silent Film Festival Uploaded 16 October 2026 The 2nd Los Angeles Silent Film Festival, held at the American Cinematheque’s Los Feliz 3 cinema from 11-13 September, premiered two restorations from the HMH Film Archive at USC: Help Yourself (1927), an Al Brendel comedy one-reeler, and theContinue reading “410: The Slanderers (1924) restored”
409: Bonn Silent Film Festival III
Archival Spaces 409: Stummfilmtage Bonn 2026 Uploaded 2 October 2026 This is the final installment of my report on this year’s Silent Film Festival in Bonn, Germany. Thursday’s program (8/20/26) began with two religiously themed films, Béhula (1922) and L’Inferno (1911). The former is an exceedingly rare 1920s film from India, a country where probably 97%Continue reading “409: Bonn Silent Film Festival III”
