Yasujiro Ozu has a reputation as one of the greatest filmmakers in history. His legacy was forged almost exclusively from a series of films he made in the years between Japan’s defeat in World War II and the director’s death in 1963, at age 60. Fifteen films in as many years, virtually all … [Read more...] about Dragnet Girl
Cosmic Voyage
Cinema, as it ages, does not remain merely art and entertainment but also evolves into a panoply of unique cultural qualities—captured time, shared memory, social evidence, cured history sliced for sandwiches, sociopolitical realities fermented into nostalgic headtrips. The range of organic … [Read more...] about Cosmic Voyage
Chopin in the Dark: An Interview with Donald Sosin
By any estimation, Donald Sosin has a pretty terrific job. “It beats selling vacuum cleaners,” he joyfully admits. As one of the most accomplished, in-demand, and highly respected composers and performers of silent film scores, his fingers have danced over the piano’s 88 keys in ideal accompaniment … [Read more...] about Chopin in the Dark: An Interview with Donald Sosin
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
If cinema came to be the troubled, fanciful, sensual, neurotic unconscious of human culture in the 20th century, feeding us lurid, wild images and scenarios in response to our twisted inner hungers and greatest fears as we simultaneously feed it history, phobias, narcissism, prejudices, and lust—if … [Read more...] about The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Amazing Tales from the Archives 2014
Presenters: Bryony Dixon, Dan Streible, Ben Burtt and Craig Barron We continue our behind-the-curtain look at the international preservation scene with another edition of our popular Amazing Tales from the Archives program. A NEW LOOK AT AN OLD SNEEZE Fred Ott’s Sneeze was shot in Edison’s … [Read more...] about Amazing Tales from the Archives 2014