Want to Preserve and Restore Film and Other Moving Images?
posted March 27, 2013
Ever wanted to restore, preserve, or archive film and television programs, or work in some other area of preserving and restoring artifacts in all the moving-image categories including some that are being created right now? The United States has three master’s level programs in moving image archiving, while one other is at the University of
Significant American Sound Recordings Announced
posted March 25, 2013
Late last year, The Library of Congress named its 2012 list of 25 films that would join some 350 others on the National Film Registry. Making the announcement, James M. Billington, the Librarian of Congress, said: “These films are not selected as the ‘best’ American films of all time, but rather as works of enduring
Preserving Exemplary American Films
posted March 17, 2013
In a project designed to assure preservation of the highest caliber to a select group of films, 25 American films are admitted each year to the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry.
Peter Greenaway: Film is Dead; Long Live Cinematic, Multimedia Art
posted March 2, 2013
Peter Greenaway asserts that cinema is dead and must be remade in forward-looking formats.
Video of the Day: Sing and Sling
posted February 15, 2013
"The Arizona Kid" is one of scores of films freely available for viewing on the site Classic Cinema Online.
Fit for a Restoration
posted February 2, 2013
A visit to Australia's National Film and Sound Archive serves as a reminder of what film restoration is all about.
When Women Made the Movies
posted January 12, 2013
In "Go West, Young Women: The Rise of Early Hollywood," Hilary Hallett explains how, thanks to immigrants seeking out futures and fortunes, Los Angeles became a burgeoning film city – and, in 1920, the only western city where women outnumbered men.
Wheeler Winston Dixon Tolls the Death of the Moguls
posted December 19, 2012
Wheeler Winston Dixon talks about how he went about researching his latest book, "Death of the Moguls: The End of Classical Hollywood," in which he describes the last days of the studio system and its “rulers of film” – moguls like Harry Cohn at Columbia, Louis B. Mayer at MGM, Jack L. Warner at Warner Brothers, Adolph Zukor at Paramount, and Herbert J. Yates at Republic.
Saving Albania’s Film Legacy
posted December 5, 2012
Archivists from Albania, North America, and elsewhere are collaborating on the Albanian Cinema Project to preserve the country's film legacy.
How Protestants Molded Hollywood’s Moral Qualms
posted November 30, 2012
Film-ratings systems in the United States have a history of contention. But one aspect of early attempts to impose a code, in the 1930s, has been largely overlooked, according to William D. Romanowski.