Dave Kehr
@davekehr.bsky.social
Longtime film critic -- Chicago Reader, Chicago Tribune, New York Times -- now a curator in the Department of Film of the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Opinions are my own.
Still a good movie, though! I'm glad people are making the effort to show 20th century cinema in no matter what form.
January 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Still a good movie, though! I'm glad people are making the effort to show 20th century cinema in no matter what form.
Was it letterboxed? The real shortcoming of 16mm is that practically everything was cropped to 1.33.
January 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Was it letterboxed? The real shortcoming of 16mm is that practically everything was cropped to 1.33.
The sad, simple truth is that the studios don't care about revival screenings -- it's a microscopic part of their business -- and they seldom make theatrical grade material available. It's all about making files for streaming these days.
January 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The sad, simple truth is that the studios don't care about revival screenings -- it's a microscopic part of their business -- and they seldom make theatrical grade material available. It's all about making files for streaming these days.
That's another debate! It's probably a battered survivor of the 1970s boom in non-theatrical distribution (which is what fueled my college film society). You might be better off with a blu-ray.
January 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
That's another debate! It's probably a battered survivor of the 1970s boom in non-theatrical distribution (which is what fueled my college film society). You might be better off with a blu-ray.
Not weird at all, Norm. It's very rare, if not unheard of, for a studio to pay for a new 35mm print these days. Most of them won't even make DCPs.
January 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Not weird at all, Norm. It's very rare, if not unheard of, for a studio to pay for a new 35mm print these days. Most of them won't even make DCPs.
We're screening a restoration (from the camera negative) of Fernandez's masterpiece MARIA CANDELARIA next week at MoMA.
www.moma.org/calendar/eve...
www.moma.org/calendar/eve...
María Candelaria. 1943. Directed by Emilio Fernández | MoMA
María Candelaria. 1943. Mexico. Directed by Emilio Fernández. Screenplay by Fernández, Mauricio Magdaleno. With Dolores del Rio, Pedro Armendáriz, Alberto Galán. New York premiere. In Spanish; English...
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January 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
We're screening a restoration (from the camera negative) of Fernandez's masterpiece MARIA CANDELARIA next week at MoMA.
www.moma.org/calendar/eve...
www.moma.org/calendar/eve...