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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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”
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”
402: F is For Fake
Archival Spaces 402: Film Preservation Hoaxes Uploaded 12 June 2026 Recently, a story circulated on the net that a film archivist at the Carnegie Library in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Rebecca Lang, had found an unlabeled film canister in the basement, which turned out to be a previously unknown silent film from 1923 with Buster Keaton.Continue reading “402: F is For Fake”
