Film/Video

Cinema Revival: A Festival of Film Restoration

Feb 27, 2020 – Mar 03, 2020

Cinema Revival Pass
$30 members, students, and seniors
$35 general public
INCLUDES ADMISSION TO

all Cinema Revival talks and screenings
our winter exhibitions
an exclusive Cinema Revival passholder lounge

Our sixth-annual weekend devoted to the art and practice of film restoration features screenings of revitalized classics—including films by Susan Sontag, John Huston, and Buster Keaton—plus a Hollywood home movie show and engaging talks by experts from the Academy Film Archive, Cohen Film Collection, The Film Foundation, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures, and more.

Purchase a festival pass to take in the full roster of amazing films—and hear from the experts working to preserve our cinematic treasures—while enjoying access to an exclusive passholder lounge.

Listen to Director of Film/Video David Filipi discuss Cinema Revival in this podcast.

Cinema Revival: A Festival of Film Restoration

La femme au couteau (The Woman with the Knife, Timité Bassori, 1969)

White folks call it madness but we call it Hi De Ho: An “All Colored” Vitaphone Program Introduced by Ina Archer, Artist and Media Archivist

Muna Moto (Jean-Pierre Dikongué-Pipa, 1975) Introduced by Margaret Bodde, Executive Director, The Film Foundation

Hollywood Home Movies from the Academy Film Archive (1931–70) Presented by Mike Pogorzelski, Director, Academy Film Archive With live music by Sue Harshe

Speed (Jan de Bont, 1994) Introduced by Schawn Belston, Senior Vice President, Creative Mastering, The Walt Disney Company

The Technicolor Reference Collection—A 1950s Survey Presented by Mike Pogorzelski, Director, Academy Film Archive

Ride Lonesome (Budd Boetticher, 1959) Introduced by Grover Crisp, Executive Vice President, Asset Management, Film Restoration and Digital Management, Sony Pictures

I’m No Angel (Wesley Ruggles, 1933) Introduced by Janice Simpson, Director of Content Governance and Preservation, NBCUniversal

Restoration Roundtable with Margaret Bodde (The Film Foundation), Grover Crisp (Sony Pictures), and Mike Pogorzelski (Academy Film Archive)

Cinema Revival Reception

Moulin Rouge (John Huston, 1952) Introduced by Grover Crisp, Executive Vice President Asset Management, Film Restoration and Digital Management, Sony Pictures, and Margaret Bodde, Executive Director, The Film Foundation

Go West (Buster Keaton, 1925) Introduced by Tim Lanza, Vice President and Archivist, the Cohen Film Collection

Way of a Gaucho (Jacques Tourneur, 1952)

Revenge of Frankenstein (Terence Fisher, 1958)

Duet for Cannibals (Duett för kannibaler, Susan Sontag, 1969)

Son of the White Mare (Fehérlófia, Marcell Jankovics, 1981)