Dear Moving Image Archivist: Are You a Good Archiver of Your Own Stuff?
posted July 11, 2012
At the most recent annual meeting of the Association of Moving Image Archivists, we asked several members of the profession: “Are you a good archiver of your own stuff?” Here’s what they said / admitted: http://youtu.be/dccKZaTbrCE
Hitchcock’s Directorial Debut, Restored
posted June 29, 2012
The British Film Institute has issued its painstaking restoration of Alfred Hitchcock's directorial debut, "The Pleasure Garden," of 1925.
Instant Cinema: Experimental Media Art Online
posted June 13, 2012
Instant Cinema is a platform for experimental film, video, and computer art designed “to compensate for half a century of under-exposure ... by exhibiting some of the great classics of recent history, side by side with the work of today’s most talented media artists.”
National Film Preservation Foundation Helps to Save Films by Tod Browning, John Cage, and Many Others
posted June 13, 2012
The National Film Preservation Foundation has announced grant awards designed to save 60 endangered films.
Wunderkino: Polavision, Operation Ditty, and the Avant-Garde
posted June 12, 2012
Amazing and extraordinary studies of amateur and non-theatrical films is what the organizers of Wunderkino asked for, and they have now announced what they got.
Roxy Rothafel, Begetter of American Entertainment
posted June 5, 2012
Samuel “Roxy” Rothafel was one of the most extraordinary founders of modern American entertainment. During his life (1882-1936), he was a film exhibitor, stage producer, radio broadcaster, musical arranger, theater manager, war propagandist, and international celebrity – an influential figure of the silent era who helped to bring together film, music, and live performance. As
An Interview with Giovanna Fossati, Film Archivist and Curator
posted May 23, 2012
Film archivist and curator Giovanna Fossati, head curator at EYE Film Institute Netherlands and the author of "From Grain to Pixel: The Archive Life of Film in Transition," speaks to MIAN contributing writer Caylin Smith.
Support the National Film Preservation Foundation
posted May 18, 2012
One week each year, moving-image related bloggers take time to raise money for the fine work of the National Film Preservation Foundation. This is that week – in fact, the Blogathon ends today, although that needn’t prevent you donating to the cause, whenever you happen to read this post.
Money for Mountain Films
posted May 1, 2012
The great outdoors has long lured Americans to the Pacific Northwest, as is evident in films collected by The Mountaineers and now preserved by the University of Washington with assistance from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Before Hollywood: Betzwood
posted April 26, 2012
Before Hollywood established itself as the center of American movie-making, the world's largest and most advanced film factory was Betzwood Film Studios in North Philadelphia.