Archival Spaces 260 Restoration of Paul Leni’s Waxworks (1924) Uploaded 8 January 2021 A courageous little distributor of classic and silent films, Flicker Alley has just released a blu-ray-DVD dual-format edition of Paul Leni’s canonical Das Wachsfigurenkabinett / Waxworks (1924), directed by Paul Leni. This new digital restoration, carried out by the Deutsche Kinemathek, Berlin and the Cineteca diContinue reading “260: Paul Leni’s Waxworks”
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258: Edward Stratmann (1953-2020)
Archival Spaces 258 Edward Stratmann (1953-2020) Uploaded 17 December 20 Edward Stratmann, my colleague and friend, has died. His distinguished career in film archiving began almost at the same moment in the same place as mine, making us life-long fellow travelers on a remarkable professional journey into what was then still a field in itsContinue reading “258: Edward Stratmann (1953-2020)”
238: A Film Curator does what?
Archival Spaces 238 A Film Curator does what? Uploaded 13 March 2020 I have been seeing the verb to curate with increasing frequency in the unlikeliest places, e.g. I was recently on a Delta Airlines flight where you can now purchase a Delta vacation with “the world’s best hotels and curated experiences.” Apart from theContinue reading “238: A Film Curator does what?”
236: F.T.A. Restored
Archival Spaces 236 F.T.A. (1971, Francine Parker) Restored Uploaded 22 February 2020 On Saturday February 15, 2020, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association sponsored a series of restoration screenings, including the seldom-seen anti-Viet Nam War documentary, F.T.A. (1972), screened at the American Cinematheque’s Egyptian Theatre. The film was introduced by Jane Fonda and after the show, Jane, HollyContinue reading “236: F.T.A. Restored”
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