I found myself in a near-trance state, accompanying the 1912 Les amours de la reine Élisabeth (Queen Elizabeth) yesterday at Iris Barry’s History of Film at MoMA. It wasn’t the performance of Sarah Bernhardt that had me under its spell,… Read More »Early Film, and Helping An Audience Know Where to Look
Getting to accompany silent films for MoMA’s Modern Matinees series Iris Barry’s History of Film gives me two ways to grow. Neither of which were part of the plan, of course. One is something regular attendees may experience, at a… Read More »Getting Better All The Time: Fall-Winter 2019 Edition
Wait…don’t I have a print of a March of Time episode about the opening of MoMA’s new building and film library from 1939? Ah, yes. Here it is…The March of the Movies, in 16mm. Turns out there were two episodes… Read More »The March of the Movies – and MoMA
This summer, I read two books, inspired by my being booked for a film series that will run at MoMA from October 21 through the end of the year. I wanted to get inside the point of series, and not… Read More »Reading Up on Iris Barry and MoMA Film’s Beginnings