| ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES ANNOUNCES PRESENT PAST FILM SERIES DECEMBER 1–19, 2022MUSEUM’S FIRST FILM SERIES TO CELEBRATERECENT RESTORATIONS FROM THE ACADEMY FILM ARCHIVE AND BEYOND |
Harlem on the Prairie (1937), Directed by Sam Newfield.
Image: Academy Film Archive.
The word is out! the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has become the place to see the best films in town, and it has warmed my film-going heart to see so many people at the last few screenings I attended. The programs are varied and rich, often with guest speakers, and the prices can’t be beat. This December, AMMP will launch its first-ever celebration of newly preserved and restored films from the Academy Film Archive as well as from archives, studios, distributors, foundations, and independent filmmakers from around the globe. Present Past convenes 50 films — including narrative features, shorts, documentaries, and experimental films — from the Academy Film Archive and beyond across 26 programs. Each restoration in Present Past will be celebrating its Los Angeles, North American, or world premiere screening with a dynamic array of filmmakers, subjects, archivists, and preservationists appearing in person to discuss their work. The films—spanning 1916 to 1998—will be shown in 16mm, 35mm, DCP, and 4K DCP. This series, programmed by Associate Director of Film Programs K.J. Relth-Miller and Senior Director of Film Programs Bernardo Rondeau, offers viewers a rare opportunity to experience these beloved films in optimal condition on the big screen. The screenings — which include matinees and late-night screenings — and conversations will take place throughout the first three weeks of December in the museum’s state-of-the-art David Geffen and Ted Mann Theaters. For tickets — available only through advance online reservations on website and mobile app — visit Academy. $10 adults, $7 seniors (age 62+), and $5 students (age 18+ with valid ID) and children (age 17-). Matinees are $5 for all. SCREENING DETAILSAll screenings, film formats, and guests are subject to change without notice. Thu, Dec 1 | 7:30pm | DCPHarlem on the Prairie (1937), Directed by: Sam Newfield. Restoration World Premiere. Restored by the Academy Film Archive with additional funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.Fri, Dec 2 | 7:30pm | 16mm and 4K DCPWith special guest Cauleen SmithDaily Rains (1990), Directed by: Cauleen Smith. Restoration World Premiere. Restored by the Academy Film Archive.Drylongso (1998), Directed by: Cauleen Smith. Los Angeles Restoration Premiere. Restored by the Criterion Collection, Janus Films, and the Academy Film Archive. Supervised by Cauleen Smith.Sat, Dec 3 | 3:30pm | 35mm Peggy (1916), Directed by: Thomas Ince, Charles Giblyn, screening with live accompaniment. Restoration World Premiere. Restored in 2018 by the Academy Film Archive with restoration funding provided by the Louis B. Mayer Foundation.Sat, Dec 3 | 7pm | DCPThe Misfits (1961), Directed by: John Huston. North American Restoration Premiere. Restored in 2018 by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.Call It Murder (1934), Directed by: Chester Erskine. Los Angeles Restoration Premiere. Restoration by the Academy Film Archive and Blackhawk Films with funding from the estate of David Shepard from a 35mm nitrate duplicate negative and 35mm nitrate fine grain in the Lobster Films collection.Sat, Dec 3 | 10pm | 35mmThe Masque of the Red Death (1964), Directed by: Roger Corman. Los Angeles Restoration Premiere. Restored in 2018 by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation.Sun, Dec 4 | 2pm | DCP and 4K DCPWith special guest Mirra BankSpirit to Spirit: Nikki Giovanni (1986), Directed by: Mirra Bank. Restoration World Premiere. Restored in 2022 by the Academy Film Archive and the Women’s Film Preservation Fund, with support from the Leon Levy Foundation. With special guest Debra J. RobinsonI Be Done Been Was Is (1983), Directed by: Debra J. Robinson. Restoration World Premiere. Restored in 2021 by the Academy Film Archive. Sun, Dec 4 | 7:30pm | DCPWho Killed Vincent Chin? (1987), Directed by: Christine Choy, Renée Tajim. Los Angeles Restoration Premiere. Restored by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation, in association with the Museum of Chinese in America. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation, with additional support provided by Todd Phillips.Mon, Dec 5 | 7:30pm | DCPWith special guests Joe Lindner and Jacqueline StewartPreservation Conversation: Come On, Cowboy (1949), Directed by: Uncredited. Restoration World Premiere. Restoration by the Academy Film Archive and Blackhawk Films with funding from the estate of David Shepard from the only surviving 35mm nitrate print donated by Giancarlo Esposito and Laurence Fishburne.Thu, Dec 8 | 7pm | 4K DCPWith special guest Martha CoolidgeNot a Pretty Picture (1975), Directed by: Martha Coolidge. Restoration World Premiere. Restored in 2022 by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation. Restoration funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation. Thu, Dec 8 | 10pm | 4K DCPO Sangue (1989), Directed by: Pedro Costa, screening in Portuguese. Los Angeles Restoration Premiere. Image Restoration by André Constantino, Ana Cunha. Fri, Dec 9 | 7pm | 16mmWith special guest Lizzie BordenRegrouping (1976), Directed by: Lizzie Borden. Los Angeles Restoration Premiere. Restored by Anthology Film Archives.Fri, Dec 9 | 10pm | 16mmWith special guest Melinda McDowellThis program contains explicit content. No one under 18 admitted. |
