My Best Girl (1927) was shot by Charles Rosher, Mary Pickford's favourite cinematographer, who later won an Oscar for his work on Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
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My Best Girl (1927) was shot by Charles Rosher, Mary Pickford's favourite cinematographer, who later won an Oscar for his work on Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
It should be your absolute goal to make sure any film/tv/arts/culture book you purchase from now on is directly from mzs.press, “the arts bookstore of the internet.” Matt is the best of the best, human & writing wise, and when he needs some help, we all gotta help! Plus: it’s a fantastic bookstore!!
Um…point of order. Why are their photos published in the story when they “asked to be identified only by their first names because they fear retaliation if deported back to Russia”? The FSB knows how to identify people from photos. (So does DHS, for that matter.)
The great Chester Himes and Griot, his beloved blue point Siamese, named "after the magicians in the courts of West African kings." Himes also said that if he stayed away too long, Griot would wreck his studio and chew up his books. #Caturday
“…And your unreverent knees, make them your feet to kneel to be forgiven.”
Marvelous news! Congratulations!
When masked federal death squads are roaming US streets with total impunity, the government SHOULD shut down and be held to account.
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Talkin’ to you, 2026.
Super 8 was my gateway, and part of me will always love it. But isn’t it just a little sad that the Super 8 versions got the ~really~ groovy box art, and not so much the 16mm ones?
Yay!
Does projecting it last night for an audience of 80 count?
Wow! Seriously great selections. Every one of these is a great watch, and the chance to see them on a big screen (where they belong) is rare. Jacques Tourneur’s CANYON PASSAGE is a particularly deep cut, and it’s presence in this series is a sign you should hitch up your wagon and head into town.
Thanks to @siffnews.bsky.social, @centralcinema.bsky.social, @nwfilmforum.bsky.social, Here-After, and Dirty Couch Brewing for hosting our popup screenings this year!
Many of us of a certain age prolly remember director Ivan Dixon as “Kinch” on “Hogan’s Heroes.” Well, there’s a lot more to his career than that. Dig it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Di...
A good piece about a great, thought provoking movie (suppressed in part by the FBI) that you must see. You must also militate for someone solid to release the new 4K restoration on blu. (The only DVD release was 26 years ago!)
Great movie. The world desperately needs a blu-ray release of the new restoration.
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We’re showing IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE for our 55th annual engagement, Dec. 18, 20, 21, 23 & 24 at @nwfilmforum.bsky.social! Mark your calendar or buy tickets right now!
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Pixar designed Toy Story to be printed on physical film. The Disney renaissance movies were the same.
Today, it's hard to see them as they were meant to be seen. The versions on streaming and home media aren't quite the same films that ruled the '90s:
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Tonight! Me and Seattle treasure Lori Goldston are doing a multi-projector + live cello improv film jam, as part of the 10th anniv celebration of @common-area.bsky.social at their “annex” space Common Objects (2601 1st Ave). Doors at 7pm. It’s free! RSVP now at www.tixtree.com/e/cam-10th-a...
The Engauge Experimental Film Festival returns to Northwest Film Forum NEXT WEEK for its 8th year! The festival celebrates sprocket-driven, artist-made experimental film, presenting six programs of shorts at NWFF’s cinema in Capitol Hill. All work featured in the festival originates on film stock.
So, if you want be degraded by fiendish and diabolical doings, don’t miss our all-16mm film show tomorrow night! More info + advance tickets at sprocketsociety.org/coming-soon/
Our SECRET VAULT OF TORMENT show tomorrow 10/28 includes a secret feature that alarmed censors at the time. A sign with this “WARNING!” was displayed in some Canadian theaters. Ontario banned it outright b/c it was “Full of fiendish & diabolical doings.” Holland, too, b/c its “degrading effect.”
Correction: the Shock! package was issued in 1957, not 1958. Apologies for the brain fart. (Sure wish Bluesky let you edit your stuff after posting, like everyone else does.)
Shock! (aka Shock Theater) was a package of horror, thriller, and mystery features syndicated on 16mm to local stations across the US in 1958. It kickstarted the TV horror host fad, which quickly spread nationwide. Nearly 70 years later folks like Svengoolie still keep the tradition alive.
Our all-16mm SECRET VAULT OF TORMENT is this Tues Oct 28 @ 7pm at NW Film Forum. We’re showing a bonkers secret mid-‘30s horror feature + a bunch of spooky shorts. Our feature’s an orig “SHOCK!” TV print. Here’s some pgs from the series’ 1958 pressbook. Tix & info: sprocketsociety.org/coming-soon/
One week from tonight! 10/28 at NW Film Forum, our all-16mm show SECRET VAULT OF TORMENT w/ a secret 1930s horror feature + spooky shorts, including the “complete” Frankenstein saga via Castle Films digests. Also a 3-D short & more! Info & tix via sprocketsociety.org/coming-soon/
