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TCM, now a film festival.
Thu, Nov 5 2009 2:36 PM

There are over 700 film festivals worldwide, but only a few are devoted entirely to showing old movies -- which is odd, considering that these days, it's just as hard to see most older films in a theater as it is to see any of the new festival darlings. Those that do exist tend towards the obscure and specialized. MoMA's annual "To Save and Project"... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Festivals, Roger Corman, MoMA, repertory cinema, Cinema Ritrovato, Film Foundation, TCM, Slapsticon

Where the classic films roam.
Tue, Aug 25 2009 2:20 PM

Repertory cinema, the charmingly arcane practice of people gathering in a movie theater to watch a 35mm print of an older movie, seems, like so many things, to be on its way out, eradicated by DVD. The most recent sign is the upcoming closure of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's rep film program, a decision decried by many, include, most eloquently,... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Criterion, Zeitgeist, Warner Archives, repertory cinema, LACMA