#film-history

#film-history

At first, film sim­ply record­ed events: a man walk­ing across a gar­den, work­ers leav­ing a fac­to­ry, a train pulling into a sta­tion. The medi­um soon matured enough to accom­mo­date dra­ma, which for ear­ly film­mak­ers meant sim­ply shoot­ing what amount­ed to stage pro­duc­tions from the per­spec­tive of a view­er in the audi­ence. At that stage, we could say, film still had­n't evolved past sim­ple doc­u­men­tary pur­pos­es, hav­ing yet to incor­po­rate edit­ing, to say noth­ing of the oth­er qual­i­ties we now regard as char­ac­ter­is­ti­cal­ly cin­e­mat­ic.

Michael Koresky has already had a busy year. In April, the filmmaker and movie critic was promoted to senior curator of film at the Museum of the Moving Image, the prestigious institution in Queens, New York; he was previously the museum's editorial director. He still teaches college and works with the Criterion Collection, the much-beloved video label that restores and distributes important films from both the past and present.

Kenneth Colley, a character actor, captured audience attention for over 60 years in roles such as Admiral Piett in Star Wars and Jesus in Life of Brian.

The first time I had been on that hallowed ground... nearly three decades on, the film director and producer is a co-owner of the studios.

A cofounder of New York's Anthology Film Archives, Sitney coined the term "structuralism" to identify the minimalist, formalist experimental film that arose in the 1960s, writing extensively about the form in a manner that was as clear and straightforward as his stated disdain for prestigious prizes.

It was more a thing of, 'Nobody's ever made this origin story in this way and treated it as a piece of action filmmaking, a sort of...

Robert Altman's M*A*S*H introduced a new, immersive storytelling style, mixing gore and humor, while subverting traditional portrayals of war, establishing Altman as a unique voice in cinema.

The Return of the Living Dead uniquely combines horror and humor, becoming one of the first zombie comedies and reshaping the genre's landscape for future films.

Like the making of the movie itself, Rocketship X-M doesn't waste any time, thrusting its heroes into deep space just minutes after their pioneering mission to the Moon is announced.

"I think I was the only child who didn't cry. I was probably quite numb," Roemer explained to Vulture's Bilge Ebiri in an interview earlier this year.

Joe Don Baker's performance in 'Mitchell!' exemplifies how an actor can use distinctive traits and instincts to create a memorable character that resonates with the audience.

The five-film series starring the troubled war veteran still ranks as one of the most iconic cinematic franchises out there, showcasing its enduring cultural impact.

Levine performed in many of Warhol's early underground films but never became famous, which is perhaps why she doesn't feature in Leamer's 'Warhol's Muses'.

Going Down is a rich descent into life in 1980s Sydney, following four friends on their last night out before one departs for New York.

The opening sequence of stands out as a liminal masterpiece, leading us resolutely from a handful of over-salted popcorn in a darkened room, to the make-believe world of its heavy-handed commercial and homoerotic film franchise.

In 2013, Evans-Jones sold the violin at auction to a private collector, who put it up for sale with Henry Aldridge & Son auctioneers.

Vampires were there at the very beginning of Gothic literature. It was a vampire that turned horror into big business for Hollywood almost a century ago.

In the documentary 'Hearts of Darkness,' they collapsed time and portrayed his breakdown, sort of, toward the end of the schedule, when in fact it was early in the schedule when my dad was celebrating his birthday in August.

Sean Connery's disdain for James Bond was palpable; he once stated, 'I have always hated that damn James Bond. I'd like to kill him.' This speaks to the complicated relationship actors have with the character.