Friday, December 31, 2010
National Film Registry Adds 25 Films for 2010
1990s
Study of a River (1996)
Malcolm X (1992)
1980s
Airplane (1980)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
1970s
Saturday Night Fever (1977)
All the President’s Men (1976)
Grey Gardens (1976)
The Exorcist (1973)
McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
1960s
I Am Joaquin (1969)
Our Lady of the Sphere (1969)
Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB (1967)
The Pink Panther (1964)
1950s
Cry of Jazz (1959)
1940s
Let There Be Light (1946)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)
Tarantella (1940)
1930s
Make Way For Tomorrow (1937)
It’s a Gift (1934)
The Front Page (1931)
1920s
Lonesome (1928)
1910s
The Bargain (1914)
Preservation of the Sign Language (1913)
1900s
A Trip Down Market Street (1906)
1890s
Newark Athlete (1891)
Further information on the Registry as well as the films themselves can be found on the Library of Congress' web site. All 500+ films selected for the Registry since 1989 can also be browsed online.
In January 2011, "These Amazing Shadows," an independently produced documentary by Gravitas DocuFilms, will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. It documents the history and cultural significance of the National Film Registry since its inception. More information can be found at the documentary's website.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
The End of an Era for Kodachrome Film
University of Iowa To Offer MFA Program in the Book Arts
The University of Iowa's Center for the Book received approval earlier this month to begin offering a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree in Book Arts beginning Fall 2011. The Center has long offered a graduate certificate, and will soon join the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Columbia College in Chicago, and Mills College in Oakland, California as one of just a handful of institutions with a graduate program in the book arts. Iowa's program is notable for its breadth and depth, as well as its collaborative approach, drawing on significant university resources and faculty in papermaking, printing, calligraphy, bookbinding, digital technologies, and the history of the book. More information on Iowa's Center for the Book can be found at the Center's web site.
See related blog post on the Center's Timothy Barrett: Papermaker Named MacArthur Fellow.