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Famed French filmmaker and multimedia artist Chris Marker (born Christian François Bouche-Villeneuve) died this week at the age of 91.  Marker’s work included La Jetee (inspiration for the film 12 Monkeys), San Soleil, and A Grin Without a Cat. His … Continue reading →

Legendary Italian film producer Dino De Laurentiis died on November 11, 2010. In a career spanning over 50 years, he was responsible for producing a wide variety of films, from critically lauded films like La Strada, Ragtime, and Three Days … Continue reading →

The Internet Archive now has a section devoted to “ephemeral films”. Ephemeral Films are “non-fiction films usually made for educational, industrial, or promotional purposes. The two classic ephemeral film collections found on the Archive are the Prelinger Archives and AV … Continue reading →

Lena Horne, star of stage, cabaret, and screen, died recently at the age of 92. Born into a distinguished family, and with an actress mother, Horne had a frustrating film career. Due to the racism of the day (1940s-1950s), she … Continue reading →

The nominees for the 82nd Academy Awards have been announced. This year, in a controversial rule change, there are ten films nominated for Best Picture (instead of the usual five). The nominees are listed on the Academy of Motion Picture … Continue reading →

It’s December and that means that many critics and critics’ associations are coming up with their “best of year” lists. (The Academy Award nominations won’t be announced until Feb. 2, 2010.) Below are links to some of the lists that … Continue reading →

The Fall 2009 Cinema Visitors Series, which offers free showings open to the public will feature four contemporary filmmakers this semester. The schedule includes The Roh and the Cooked: Structural Film, Actionism, Paracinema by Branden Joseph on Monday, Oct. 19; … Continue reading →

The Libraries now have access to the Humanities International Complete database. It provides full text of hundreds of journals, books and other published sources from around the world. The database includes full text for more than 1030 journals.

The Annual Conference of the European Cinema Research Forum (ECRF), will be held at Binghamton University from July 9-July 12. The theme of this year’s conference is “European Cinema: Experiment, Mainstream and Praxis”. Sessions will cover such topics as “Art/Exploitation: … Continue reading →