Archival Spaces 295 San Francisco Silent Film Festival Uploaded 13 May 2022 The San Francisco Silent Film Festival celebrated its 25th Anniversary, 5-11 May 2022, and its first live iteration since before the pandemic in 2019. It may also be the last SFSFF at the storied Castro Theater, which the owners -rumor has it –Continue reading “295: SFSFF”
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288: William Thiele in Hollywood
Archival Spaces 288: William Thiele’s Downward Slide in Hollywood Uploaded 4 February 2022 While my recent blog discussed the USC/Academy Museum’s symposium “Vienna in Hollywood,” here is an abridged version of my talk on the Austro-Jewish film director William Thiele, who will be the subject of a book I’m editing with Andréas-Benjamin Seyfert: Enchanted byContinue reading “288: William Thiele in Hollywood”
280: Giornate del cinema muto Online
Archival Spaces 280 Giornate del Cinema Muto 2021 Online Uploaded 15 October 2021 This is the 40th anniversary of what is now the oldest silent film festival in the world. I attended my first Giornate del cinema muto in Pordenone in 1988, when I accepted the Jean Mitry Award in the name of George Pratt, theContinue reading “280: Giornate del cinema muto Online”
277: Bonn Silent Film Festival
Archival Spaces 277 Bonn Silent Film Festival: Panel Discussion Uploaded 3 September 2021 Between August 12 and August 22, 2021, the 37th International Silent Film Festival – Internationalen Stummfilmtage – Bonner Sommerkino – was held in Bonn, Germany, co-organized by the Förderverein Filmkultur Bonn e.V. The live version of the Festival has taken place forContinue reading “277: Bonn Silent Film Festival”
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