Top of page

Archive: 2020 (19 Posts)

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Newest Additions to the National Recording Registry Announced!

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

Today, the Dr. Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, announced the 25 newest inductees to the National Recording Registry.  The selections range is date from 1920 to 2008 and cover almost every genre known to recorded sound including jazz, pop, rock, spoken word, classical, rap, children’s recordings and even disco. Some of the luminaries on …

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Library of Congress Film Screenings –UPDATE

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

 The Library of Congress beginning today will be cancelling all film screenings until Thursday, May 14, 2020. Both the Packard Campus Theater in Culpeper and the Pickford Theater on Capitol Hill will be subject to this temporary closure.  The Library of Congress is taking this action to reduce the risk of transmitting COVID-19 coronavirus. During the …

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (March 5 – 7, 2020)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, March 5 (7:30 p.m.) Saboteur (Universal, 1942) California aircraft factory worker Barry Kane (Robert Cummings) goes on the run across the country when he is wrongly accused of starting a fire that killed his best friend. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, the …

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Film Loans from the Library of Congress — March 2020

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

Here are some of the titles from the Library’s motion picture collections–many preserved by the NAVCC film  laboratory–that we’re loaning for exhibition this month. As always, we can’t guarantee that schedules won’t change or links get broken, but this is our best information at the time of publication. HEIGHTS THEATER: Columbia Heights, Minnesota            http://www.heightstheater.com/ RAW DEAL (1948) …

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (Feb. 27-29, 2020)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, February 27 (7:30 p.m.) The Phenix City Story (Allied Artists Pictures, 1955) Film noir comes to Alabama in this ripped-from-the-headlines tale in a film based on notorious real-life 1954 events. Albert Patterson (John McIntire) is an attorney trying to clean up …

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

At the Packard Campus Theater — March 2020

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

  Packard Campus Theater Schedule for March 2020 Several films featuring criminals, both actual and alleged, on the run, are featured on the March schedule of the Packard Campus Theater. Included are Hitchcock’s Saboteur (1942), the caper comedy with a Culpeper connection, Sneakers (1992), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Bogart and Bacall in Dark Passage (1947), …

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Now Playing at the Packard Campus Theater (February 20-22, 2020)

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Jenny Paxson of the Packard Campus. Thursday, February 20 (7:30 p.m.) Black Journal: A Salute to William Greaves (NET/PBS, 1968-1977) “lack Journal was the first national American public affairs television program that was broadcast on the NET Network (Pre-PBS). This program was developed during the turbulent 1960’s and …

A view looking past a digital display screen towards the doors of an indoor theater, with

Preserving the Charles and Ray Eames/Herman Miller Films

Posted by: Cary O’Dell

The following is a guest post by Amy Gallick, a Preservation Specialist in the Moving Image Section. Charles and Ray Eames I’m a Preservation Specialist in the Moving Image Section, which means I have responsibility for ensuring the physical integrity of our film and video collections. I also manage many of the contracts we have with …