Archive • March 2015

Twenty Five Recordings Named American Treasures

posted March 26, 2015

The US Library of Congress has announced this year’s 25 additions to its National Recording Registry, bringing the number of recordings on the listing of the country's key recordings to 425. The Registry serves to remind Americans that sound recordings, like audio-visual ones, require careful preservation, and that they’re something to marvel at and cherish.

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New in the Public Domain

posted March 25, 2015

The new issue of the always diverting "Public Domain Review" is out, and this month has two moving-image-related items of interest.

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Songs from Over the Top

posted March 4, 2015

Jayson Beaster-Jones argues that critics have barely noticed “perhaps the most distinctive feature of any Indian film: its songs,” and most glaring has been the “minimal, if any, discussion of musical sounds or the people who create these sounds.” He explains what has been missed.

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