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Posted by: Stacie Seifrit-Griffin
Today we share an essay about the film that started it all, the Library's appearance with Ben Burtt, and our devotion to proclaim "May The Fourth Be With You..."
Posted in: Film Essay, Film Festival, Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, National Film Registry
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The Mary Pickford Theater is a free film theater located on the 3rd floor of the Madison Building of the Library of Congress / 101 Independence Avenue SE. Seating is on a first come, first serve basis. Film begins at 7pm; doors open at 6:30pm. Thursday, May 4, 2023 “THE FRIGHTENED CITY” (Zodiac Productions, U.K., …
Posted in: Mary Pickford Theater, Motion Pictures
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
See what's playing at the Packard Campus the first weekend of May 2023.
Posted in: Motion Pictures, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Every month, the Library of Congress loans out films from its collection to film festivals, revival houses and universities around the world. See if something is being shown near you this month.
Posted in: Film Loans, Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
You can’t keep a good demon down! Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical “Sweeney Todd” has just returned to Broadway boards. The new production–featuring Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford–is getting some bloody rave reviews. In light of the musical’s return, we look back at the original cast show album which featured the late, great Angela Lansbury and …
Posted in: National Recording Registry
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
An interview with the late Harry Belafonte.
Posted in: National Recording Registry, Recorded Sound, Uncategorized
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
These are the films that are playing at the Packard Campus Theater for the month of May 2023.
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The films being shows at the Packard Campus Theater on the weekend of April 28th and 29th.
Posted in: National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Stacie Seifrit-Griffin
A highlight of the Library of Congress Festival of Film & Sound includes a special screening of W.C. Fields in one of his few surviving silent films. "So's Your Old Man" (1926) will be shown in 35mm made from the original nitrate camera negative, and will feature live music accompaniment.
Posted in: Film Essay, Film Festival, Film/Video, National Film Registry