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Nudity in the US Film Industry, and How it Has (and Hasn’t) Evolved

by Justine Smith August 20, 2020November 5, 2020

The documentary Skin spurs the viewer to think about what kind of bodies are usually naked in movies.

Posted inArt

An Early Peek Inside the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

by Carman Tse February 11, 2020February 13, 2020

As Tom Hanks announced at the Oscars, the museum opens December of this year, the result of a 90-year quest by the Academy to create a museum dedicated to their art and industry.

Posted inFilm

A History of Film at MoMA, as Told by Its Original Curator

by Elizabeth Horkley December 18, 2019December 18, 2019

As part of its reopening slate, a film series at the museum pays tribute to the foundational programming of its influential film curator Iris Barry.

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A 14-Hour Documentary on Female Filmmakers Illuminates and Frustrates

by Ela Bittencourt September 10, 2019November 4, 2019

Seeking to upend the male-dominated canon but directed by a man, Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema defies some hierarchies while reinforcing others.

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The World’s First Movie Poster Goes to Auction

by Jasmine Weber August 20, 2018August 20, 2018

The rare 1896 graphic work advertised the world’s first public screening of a film by the Lumière brothers.

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The Underappreciated Art of the Hollywood Backdrop

by Allison Meier November 21, 2016November 21, 2016

A new book highlights the unheralded contributions of backdrop artists to the history of film.

Posted inArt

Conservators Reverse-Engineer the First Noncommercial 35mm Film Strip

by Allison Meier July 19, 2016August 8, 2017

Using salvaged machines and a hand-cranked camera, conservators at the George Eastman Museum created the first strip of 35mm motion-picture film not produced by a commercial company.

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The Hypnotic Portrait Paintings of Film Noir

by Allison Meier April 14, 2016April 20, 2016

Before she even appears in the 1944 film noir classic Laura, Laura Hunt is an obsession for the hardboiled police detective, who is mesmerized with the supposedly dead woman through her portrait.

Posted inArt

Nature in an Acid Bath: Early Color Films of National Park Vistas

by Allison Meier September 24, 2015October 2, 2015

In the 1930s the National Park Service created silent films, hand-tinted and toned with vibrant color, to promote outdoor oases to American travelers.

Posted inBooks

The Early Color Films Left Out of the History of Cinema

by Allison Meier June 17, 2015June 21, 2015

Dorothy stepping into a Technicolor Oz in 1938 is so iconic that the decades of color film history before it are almost forgotten.

Posted inArt

Talking Pictures with a Film Curator of 45 Years

by Julia Friedman March 2, 2015March 4, 2015

Charles Silver has worked at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) since 1970, first in the film studies center and then (and still) as a curator in the department of film.

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