Off the Beaten Trail Westerns. No other genre of film is more loved by moviegoers, or more dismissed than by the critics. Whether the good guy is heading them off at the pass, or the rancher is struggling to keep his herd fed, film westerns tell stories about us in an earlier time. Violent, sentimental, …
The Library of Congress Festival of Film and Sound is excited to announce some new updates. including a special free screening of a film that has been unseen since it’s release in 1931. We are also now offering individual screening tickets. Held next week (June 15-18), in association with AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural …
In today’s guest essay, we learn from the legendary silent film accompanist and composer Jon Mirsalis as he shares the process of scoring live music for a silent feature. He will bring his talents, some planned and some improv, to several high-profile and rare silent films at this year’s Library of Congress Festival of Film …