From the National Film Registry: “Easy Rider” (1969)
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
On Dennis Hopper's birthday, the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress examines his 1969 film "Easy Rider."
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Film Registry
Category: National Film Registry
This Month at the Packard Campus Theater — June 2023
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The Packard Campus Theater film schedule for June of 2023
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater
This Weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (May 12 – 13, 2023)
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The films of the May weekend of the 12th and 13th at the Packard Campus Theater in Culpeper.
Posted in: Motion Pictures, National Film Registry, Packard Campus Theater
A Big Day Around Here!
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
This Month at the Packard Campus Theater — May 2023
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
This Weekend at the Packard Campus Theater (April 28 and 29, 2023)
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
Festival Screening: W.C. Fields “So’s Your Old Man” (1926) shown in 35mm made from the original nitrate negative
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
Happy Birthday Bette Davis–You “Jezebel”!
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
On the 115th anniversary of its star's birth, the Library of Congress looks back at Bette Davis in one of her signature roles, "Jezebel" from 1938.
Posted in: Film Essay, National Film Registry
Just Added to the Festival of Film & Sound
Posted by: Stacie Seifrit-Griffin
Library of Congress Festival of Film & Sound announces the addition of Oscar-Winning Sound Designer Ben Burtt The Library of Congress is pleased to announce that four-time Oscar-winning motion picture sound designer and sound mixer Ben Burtt will be a special guest for the inaugural Library of Congress Festival of Film & Sound, a new …
Posted in: Film Festival, Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, National Film Registry, National Recording Registry