America’s Film Legacy
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Accidentally Preserved: Ben Model Helps Save Rare Films
Pianist Ben Model has been accompanying silent films for almost thirty years, including a few of my National Film Registry screenings. Along with film historian Bruce Lawton, he launched the Silent Clowns Film Series in 1997, which this spring will … Continue reading
National Film Registry 2012 Selections
The Library of Congress announced the addition of 25 more movies to the National Film Registry, bringing the total up to 600 titles. This year’s additions include home movies, actualities, documentaries, industrials, a fight film, and experimental titles along with … Continue reading
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Tracking the Decline of Film
My latest piece for The Atlantic, “With 35mm Film Dead, Will Classic Movies Ever Look the Same Again?”, describes the problems repertory theaters are facing in trying to schedule film prints—not digital versions—of classic movies. I’ve been reporting on the … Continue reading
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Hitchcock or Not, Why You Should Watch The White Shadow
From now through January 25, the National Film Preservation Foundation is offering you the opportunity to stream, for free, what survives from The White Shadow (1924). Directed by Graham Cutts and starring Betty Compson and Clive Brook, this moody, convoluted … Continue reading
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Shorts from the National Film Registry at Cinema Arts
Next Wednesday, October 24, I will be hosting a program of six short films selected from the National Film Registry at the Cinema Arts Centre at Huntington, Long Island. This program indicates some of the breadth of the National Film … Continue reading
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