Category Archives: Museum of Modern Art

The First Talking Pictures Regain their Voice

Posted on November 21, 2016 by willmckinley

“What was the first movie?” my 9-year-old niece asked after a recent trip to the multiplex. I hate questions like that. Because I’m a “movie guy,” I feel like I should have an easy reply, but I never do. The first … Continue reading →

Posted in Museum of Modern Art, Silent Film | 8 Comments

Update: KING OF JAZZ (1930) Restoration Debuts to Cheers and Tears

Posted on May 15, 2016 by willmckinley

Updated 8/24/16 – New info in italics. “You will be the second audience to have seen this film in a close approximation to its original form since 1930,” film curator Dave Kehr told a capacity crowd at the Museum of Modern … Continue reading →

Posted in Museum of Modern Art, Pre-Code Film, Screening Report, Uncategorized | Tagged King of Jazz | 10 Comments

Update #2: KING OF JAZZ (1930) Reigns Again w/ Restoration + New Book

Posted on March 28, 2016 by willmckinley

Updated 8/24/16 – New info in italics. It’s a story right out of the movies: forgotten star gets a second chance at fame. Only this time, the star is actually a film – and the second chance is both a new … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Film, Museum of Modern Art | 8 Comments

Classic Horror Movies Haunt NYC Theaters for Halloween 2015

Posted on October 27, 2015 by willmckinley

Halloween is the best time of the year to be a classic film fan. And it’s even better if you live (or are un-dead) in New York City, where more than sixty screenings of horror and suspense films released before 2001 … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Film, Film Society of Lincoln Society, IFC Center, Museum of Modern Art, Museum of the Moving Image, Nitehawk Cinema, Screening Report, Silent Film | 2 Comments

Unseen for 80 Years, CARAVAN (1934) Rolls at MoMA

Posted on November 9, 2013 by willmckinley

Here’s one of the great things about living in New York City: you can see an obscure, black & white movie in 35 mm at 4 o’clock on a Friday afternoon, and the theater is packed with people. Sure, many … Continue reading →