The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, January 3 (7:30 p.m.) The Thing from Another World (RKO, 1951) Scientists and American Air Force officials at a lonely Arctic outpost uncover an alien aircraft buried in the ice. Once they melt through to the wreckage, the situation quickly escalates …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, December 20 (7:30 p.m.) Saturday Night Live Celebrates the Holidays (NBC) Featuring comedy sketches and musical performances that both spoof and celebrate the holidays, this unique program of clips from NBC’s long-running late-night live variety show was specially curated for this …
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This morning, the Library of Congress announced its latest additions to the National Film Registry. Marking its 30th anniversary this year, the National Film Registry, which honors films that are historically, culturally or aesthetically significant, now totals 750 American-made films. Selections are made by the Librarian of Congress with input from the Library’s National Film Preservation Board …
Only two days until the unveiling of the newest titles to the National Film Registry! In the meantime…. To some it’s a different type of Christmas movie. To others, it is the ultimate in 1980s action. It certainly inspired a host of big screen imitators, variations on a theme–“‘Die Hard’ on a plane!,” “‘Die Hard’ …
Innovative in terms of animation and historic in its gathering of cartoon icons, old and new, “Who Frame Roger Rabbit” was a new classic when it debuted in theaters in 1988. The LC’s own Alexis Ainsworth said of the film: “Roger Ebert described ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ as a film in the same cinematic league as ‘2001: A Space Odyssey,’ ‘Close …
The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, December 13 (7:30 p.m.) Pre-Code Double Feature The Star Witness (Warner Bros.,1931) William A. Wellman directed this gritty tale of a family who witnesses a gangland battle and is terrorized to prevent them from testifying in court. Walter Huston has star …
The countdown to the newest titles to be added to the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry continues. Those films will be disclosed on December 12th. Back in 2015, the Library named the film “Being There,” starring Peter Sellers and Shirley MacLaine to its Registry. “Being There” is beloved for many things, including Sellers’s quiet …
