We've Been Liebstered! (I didn't know what it meant either…)

The Kitty Packard Pictorial has been Liebstered! C’est a dire, we’ve been presented with the “Liebster Blog” award from one of our favorite fellow film fanatics, The Lady Eve Sidwich, the cinemaven behind The Lady Eve’s Reel Life. Take a sampling of her recent posts and you’ll see exactly why this blog stands so well … Continue reading We've Been Liebstered! (I didn't know what it meant either…)

We’ve Been Liebstered! (I didn’t know what it meant either…)

The Kitty Packard Pictorial has been Liebstered! C’est a dire, we’ve been presented with the “Liebster Blog” award from one of our favorite fellow film fanatics, The Lady Eve Sidwich, the cinemaven behind The Lady Eve’s Reel Life. Take a sampling of her recent posts and you’ll see exactly why this blog stands so well … Continue reading We’ve Been Liebstered! (I didn’t know what it meant either…)

Call for Entries: The 2012 Laugh and Live Silent Film Festival

Next year, an entirely new kind of silent film festival is coming to Hollywood. The Laugh and Live Film Festival, presented by Los Angeles-based film historian Sparrow Morgan, will be the first festival of its kind: focusing on reviving, not just interest in silent film, but the very medium of silent film itself. The Pictorial … Continue reading Call for Entries: The 2012 Laugh and Live Silent Film Festival

Pictorial Palette: Edward Hopper’s New York Movie

I have been remiss with my Pictorial Palettes as of late– infuriatingly so, because I truly do love these romantic indulgences of conjecture and color. So I am reinstating the tradition with Edward Hopper’s 1939 piece “”New York Movie.” A departure from our previous palettes, which were full color photo portraits or film stills, this … Continue reading Pictorial Palette: Edward Hopper’s New York Movie

The Film Foundation: 20 Years of Preservation

In many respects, The Film Foundation is more than just the leader in film preservation. It IS film preservation. There isn’t an organization out there that has been more instrumental in raising awareness and support for film preservation than The Foundation. For the past twenty years, the non-profit spearheaded by Martin Scorsese and a roster … Continue reading The Film Foundation: 20 Years of Preservation