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The 34th edition of Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival is presenting Germaine Dulac’s LA FÊTE ESPAGNOLE (THE SPANISH FESTIVAL, 1920) and LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI (THE BEAUTIFUL LADY WITHOUT MERCY, 1921) August 28 & 29.
Read MoreThe 34th edition of Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival is presenting George Méliès’s 1906 short THE WITCH (LA FÉE CARABOSSE OU LE POIGNARD FATAL) as part of their 16MM & RECOVERED: PLAAT & MÉLIÈS program on 8/27.
Read MoreThe 34th edition of Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival is presenting three films by Gideon Bachmann in it’s DOCUMENTS AND DOCUMENTARIES: FELLINI, CAVANI, TAVIANI program. Screenings beginning August 25th include “NOW I WILL TELL YOU, AFTER ALL” – FEDERICO FELLINI’S LAST/LOST INTERVIEW (1985), and continue with LILIANA CAVANI: INTERNO BERLINESE (1985), and PAOLO E VITTORIO TAVIANI: GOOD MORNING CINEMA (1987).
Read MoreGartenberg Media presents this striking photograph by Raimondo Borea of Republican party icon Nelson Rockefeller recalling a time in U.S. political history of wider debate and less partisan rancor.
Read MoreCommon, as depicted in this photo by Hugh Bell, is among the list of performers that will appear this week at the Democratic National Convention.
GME is also happy to share some of it’s images of historical Democratic party icons as photographed by Raimondo Borea.
GME is also pleased to present a rare audio recording during John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign, which comes from GME’s archive of original campaign commercials for television and radio.
Read MoreA delightful introduction and surprise for most audiences, this collection features newly-restored short comedies by Iowa-born Charley Bowers (1889-1946), a wildly inventive director, comedian, cartoonist, and animator... some might even call him an American surrealist. Mixing live-action with animated puppets and objects, Bowers helmed a score of little-known mini-masterpieces, many starring himself.
Read MoreJames Arthur Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and activist. His essays explore intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western society, most notably in regard to the mid-twentieth-century United States.
Read MoreGME notes with sadness the recent passing of Warhol superstar Brigid Berlin. A fixture at the Factory for decades, Berlin appeared in several of his films and photos and was also an important participant in Warhol’s life, to which, per the artist, she contributed enormously. Berlin is perhaps best remembered for her shocking role in Warhol’s best known early film, CHELSEA GIRLS (1966).
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