D. W. Griffith, Emile Cohl – A Century Ago: The Films of 1908
“A Century Ago: The Films of 1908,” showcasing filmmaking highlights of 1908, will be the next presentation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ series “Monday Nights with Oscar.” The screenings will be held on Monday, April 20, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy Theater in New York City. Hosted by the Academy’s Director of Educational Programs and Special Projects Randy Haberkamp, the evening will feature live musical accompaniment by Michael Mortilla.
Among the shorts included in the “A Century Ago: The Films of 1908” presentation are Biograph’s After Many Years, in which new director D. W. Griffith (above) experiments with parallel cutting and camera movement; Vitagraph’s trick film The Thieving [...]
by Andre Soares | April 13, 2009
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Douglas Fairbanks in THE THIEF OF BAGDAD Screening
A fully restored print of the 1924 silent-film version of The Thief of Bagdad, starring Douglas Fairbanks, will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Fairbanks celebration in a special “Monday Nights with Oscar” presentation on Monday, December 15, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater in New York City. The screening will feature live musical accompaniment by Donald Sosin.
The Thief of Bagdad will be presented in conjunction with the publication of the Academy’s latest book, Douglas Fairbanks, by Jeffrey Vance, with Tony Maietta and photographic editor Robert Cushman. Vance and Maietta will take part in a book signing following the screening.
Directed by Raoul Walsh [...]
by Andre Soares | December 4, 2008
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Tags: Academy Theater, Arthur Edeson, Classic Movies, Douglas Fairbanks, Monday Nights with Oscar, New York Screenings, Raoul Walsh, Silent Films, The Thief of Bagdad, William Cameron Menzies
KING: A FILMED RECORD … MONTGOMERY TO MEMPHIS Screening
Producer Ely Landau and associate producer Richard Kaplan’s 1970 Martin Luther King Jr. documentary King: A Filmed Record … Montgomery to Memphis will be screened as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ “Monday Nights with Oscar” program. King will have a special afternoon presentation on Monday, January 21, at 3 p.m. at the Academy Theater in New York City. Richard Kaplan will be present for a pre-screening discussion.
In its 80-year history, only three Academy Awards ceremonies have been postponed. One of those postponements occurred after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. Nearly two years later, on March 24, 1970, King: A Filmed Record … Montgomery to Memphis premiered as a [...]
by Andre Soares | January 17, 2008
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Tags: Documentaries, Ely Landau, King: A Filmed Record ... Montgomery to Memphis, Martin Luther King Jr., Monday Nights with Oscar, Oscar 1970, Oscar Movies, Political Movies, Richard Kaplan
An Evening with Sarah Kernochan: MARJOE, THOTH Screenings
"Oscar’s Docs: An Evening with Sarah Kernochan" will kick off the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’s 2007 “Monday Nights with Oscar” series, with screenings of Kernochan’s two Academy Award-winning documentaries, the feature Marjoe (above) and the short Thoth, on Monday, January 8, at 7 p.m. at the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City.
Hosted by historian and journalist Perry L. van der Meer, the presentation will feature a post-screening chat with Sarah Kernochan.
Thoth spotlights Stephen Kaufman, aka Thoth, a performance artist in New York’s Central Park. The scantily dressed Thoth performs one-man operas, aka “prayformances,” with violin accompaniment, so as to try "to bring divine inspiration and healing to the world."
Marjoe, co-directed by Kernochan [...]
by Andre Soares | December 28, 2006
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Tags: Documentaries, Howard Smith, Marjoe, Marjoe Gortner, Monday Nights with Oscar, New York Screenings, Oscar 1972, Oscar 2001, Oscar Movies, Religion, Sarah Kernochan, Stephen Kaufman, Thoth
