Imogen Sara Smith highlights Mostly Lost on Criterion. Definitely worth a read. On eventbrite, the description of the Mostly Lost workshop is: The Library of Congress National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, Packard Campus presents “Mostly Lost 6: A Film Identification Workshop” on June 15-17, 2017 in Culpeper, Virginia. “Mostly Lost” will feature the screenings of unidentified, […]
Continue readingTake a study break with a short streaming film!
Sure you could surrender your study breaks to Hulu, but AU also has streaming access to many short films that are arresting, important, and worth seeing. Here are three you might enjoy: A Trip to the Moon (13 minutes): This drama, by director Georges Melies, features Victor Andre, Bleuette Bernon, and Brunnet in a beautifully restored black […]
Continue readingCheck out this silent version of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea on Viki: https://www.viki.com/videos/1037941v-20000-leagues-under-the-sea This was the first motion picture filmed underwater! As Wikipedia states: Actual underwater cameras were not used, but a system of watertight tubes and mirrors allowed the camera to shoot reflected images of underwater scenes staged in shallow sunlit waters. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20,000_Leagues_Under_the_Sea_(1916_film)) Here […]
Continue reading10 years of LAIKA
Over the weekend, I was completely blown away by LAIKA’s Kubo and the Two Strings (HU DVD 13637). As an animation studio, LAIKA creates some of the grandest and unique worlds in film. Kubo is an incredible accomplishment, and an example of the offbeat humor, powerful storytelling, and, of course, artistic prowess LAIKA has come to […]
Continue readingBefore there was Sailor Moon…there was The Dull Sword
As highlighted on Hyperallergic, the National Film Center of Japan’s National Museum of Modern Art has uploaded a ton of early Japanese animation to mark the centennial of Japan’s oldest known animated film. You can see all the films here, and the very oldest–a 1917 work discovered in an antique store in 2008!–is The Dull Sword […]
Continue readingNational Poetry Month!
April is National Poetry Month! We have a great many documentaries and learning resources on poets (see our filmography here). But we also have some home use titles for you as well! Have you seen these poetry themed movies? ✰✰✰ Basketball Diaries (HU DVD 1990) – Teamed with his friends Mickey, Neutron and Pedro, high […]
Continue readingDisco Film Screenings at the LOC
The Library of Congress just announced their “Bibliodiscotheque” and a whole series of film screenings to go with it!Here are a few disco-themed movies from our collection to get you dancing! The Greasy Strangler (HU DVD 13736): Ronnie runs a disco walking tour of Los Angeles with his adult son Brayden when the appearance of […]
Continue readingBeing There
David Cairns looks at Being There (HU DVD 655) in the most recent Anatomy of a Gag:
Continue readingPresenting the DVD wall!
So, a confession. A few weeks ago, I screwed up. As part of our ongoing project to digitize our VHS collection, I had accidentally encoded almost 100 videos incorrectly. I went back and fixed the mistakes, but I ended up with nearly 100 DVDs to discard. Rather than toss them out or recycle them, I […]
Continue readingBeauties turned Beastly
Film Comment’s Michael Sragow has much to say about Disney’s live action Beauty and the Beast. While we wait for Disney to get down to business and ruin Mulan, here’s are some animated Disney classics in our collection with remakes rumored or in the works: Mulan: HU DVD 11033The Little Mermaid: HU DVD 281The Lion […]
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