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This week's Screening Room features a Keynote Conversation between filmmaker Allison Anders and Maya Montañez Smukler, head of the UCLA Film & Television Archive Research and Study Center. Look for the link in your inbox.
February 13, 2026 at 5:21 PM
This week's Screening Room features a Keynote Conversation between filmmaker Allison Anders and Maya Montañez Smukler, head of the UCLA Film & Television Archive Research and Study Center. Look for the link in your inbox.
Amid the diaristic entries, which average thirty minutes in length, are spoken word poems, essays, interviews, and mentions of national and local politics and news. https://loom.ly/dSCXFfU
City Life Org - “Pandemic Diaries,” opens at The New York Public Library, a Collection of Oral Histories Documenting Life Under Lockdown
Photo by Andy on Unsplash Collected in real time by The Library, the audio collection captures the unprecedented lived experiences of New Yorkers and others during the COVID-19 pandemic. The New Y…
thecitylife.org
February 12, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Amid the diaristic entries, which average thirty minutes in length, are spoken word poems, essays, interviews, and mentions of national and local politics and news. https://loom.ly/dSCXFfU
Titled “Inside the Vault,” the traveling and virtual display launches in conjunction with the tour and draws from the Library of Congress’ Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II collections. https://loom.ly/COd1mgY
'The Sound of Music' National Tour Launches Rare Library of Congress Archive Experience
The Library of Congress has partnered with the national tour of The Sound of Music on a first-of-its-kind collaboration.
www.ticketnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Titled “Inside the Vault,” the traveling and virtual display launches in conjunction with the tour and draws from the Library of Congress’ Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II collections. https://loom.ly/COd1mgY
Archives continue to depend on legacy audio and video playback equipment that is no longer manufactured, increasingly difficult to service, and essential to ongoing preservation and access work. https://loom.ly/iYSq9n0
Legacy Equipment: 1/4 Audio & Cassette Decks
The hour long session covers basic 1/4 Audio & Cassette Deck maintenance, repair, and diagnosis.
www.eventbrite.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Archives continue to depend on legacy audio and video playback equipment that is no longer manufactured, increasingly difficult to service, and essential to ongoing preservation and access work. https://loom.ly/iYSq9n0
The Highland Theatre, which opened in 1925 as a vaudeville venue and movie house, was designed by architect Lewis Arthur Smith, whose other credits include the Vista Theatre in Los Feliz, the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood and the Rialto Theatre in Pasadena. https://loom.ly/gwhEFic
Kristen Stewart Buys Historic Movie Theater in Highland Park: 'An Antidote to All the Corporate Bulls--t'
The actress and director emphasizes that the restored space will be for the community and not just for pretentious Hollywood cinephiles
www.thewrap.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:21 PM
The Highland Theatre, which opened in 1925 as a vaudeville venue and movie house, was designed by architect Lewis Arthur Smith, whose other credits include the Vista Theatre in Los Feliz, the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood and the Rialto Theatre in Pasadena. https://loom.ly/gwhEFic
A look back a decade: this week’s Screening Room revisits 2015 and looks at Designing and Building the Post-Analogue Audiovisual Archive. Keep an eye out for the link in your inbox.
February 6, 2026 at 2:21 PM
A look back a decade: this week’s Screening Room revisits 2015 and looks at Designing and Building the Post-Analogue Audiovisual Archive. Keep an eye out for the link in your inbox.
Looking back at a list of films released since 2000, that may now deserve a second look—or first-time discovery. https://loom.ly/TyvRKFU
The 50 Most Underappreciated Movies of the 21st Century
From 'Idlewild' and 'Bright Star' to 'The Magic Flute' and more, these are TIME's most underappreciated movies of the 21st Century
time.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Looking back at a list of films released since 2000, that may now deserve a second look—or first-time discovery. https://loom.ly/TyvRKFU
“I used to think, If homework is watching a movie, that is the best homework ever,” Craig Erpelding, a film professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, told me. “But students will not do it.” https://loom.ly/YIYdKEI
The Film Students Who Can No Longer Sit Through Films
The attention-span crisis goes to the movies.
www.theatlantic.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:21 PM
“I used to think, If homework is watching a movie, that is the best homework ever,” Craig Erpelding, a film professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, told me. “But students will not do it.” https://loom.ly/YIYdKEI
Very few documentary filmmakers have won two Academy Awards during their career. Among that rare group is Barbara Kopple, who has supervised and approved a new 4K restoration of American Dream. https://loom.ly/Y0yVfro
Barbara Kopple’s ‘American Dream,’ On Historic Strike At Hormel Foods That “Ripped Apart” Austin, Minn., Gets 4k Restoration, Theatrical Release
Barbara Kopple's Oscar-winning documentary 'American Dream' is getting a 4K restoration and theatrical release.
deadline.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Very few documentary filmmakers have won two Academy Awards during their career. Among that rare group is Barbara Kopple, who has supervised and approved a new 4K restoration of American Dream. https://loom.ly/Y0yVfro
The Nontheatrical Student Essay Award is a collaboration between the SCMS Nontheatrical Film and Media SIG and AMIA. The submission deadline has been extended to March 15! https://loom.ly/mHUZlzk
Nontheatrical Student Essay Award
Designed to recognize outstanding graduate student scholarship founded upon archival nontheatrical research, this award underscores both organizations’ commitment to mentorship and professional development, connecting award-recipients with mentors to guide them through the process of crafting journal-ready manuscripts. The award-winning essay will also be published (subject to revisions) in The Moving Image.
amianet.org
February 2, 2026 at 9:11 PM
The Nontheatrical Student Essay Award is a collaboration between the SCMS Nontheatrical Film and Media SIG and AMIA. The submission deadline has been extended to March 15! https://loom.ly/mHUZlzk
The notion of preserving for the future such a low form of entertainment as film (‘an amusement fit for children and half-wits’) was once dismissed as pointless and unrealistic. This week's Screening Room examines at the beginnings of the archive movement. Look for the link in your inbox.
January 30, 2026 at 2:21 PM
The notion of preserving for the future such a low form of entertainment as film (‘an amusement fit for children and half-wits’) was once dismissed as pointless and unrealistic. This week's Screening Room examines at the beginnings of the archive movement. Look for the link in your inbox.
The 25 films selected this year for the National Film Registry by @librarycongress date back to the silent film through 2014, all chosen for their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s film heritage. See the full list here: https://loom.ly/El3-q8U
January 29, 2026 at 10:02 PM
The 25 films selected this year for the National Film Registry by @librarycongress date back to the silent film through 2014, all chosen for their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s film heritage. See the full list here: https://loom.ly/El3-q8U
The model used by the astronomers, dubbed AnomalyMatch, scanned nearly 100 million image cutouts from the Hubble Legacy Archive, the first time the dataset has been systematically searched for anomalies. https://loom.ly/Jt-ZdN0
Scientists let AI loose on Hubble’s archives
It found 800 previously undiscovered ‘cosmic anomalies.’
www.theverge.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:21 PM
The model used by the astronomers, dubbed AnomalyMatch, scanned nearly 100 million image cutouts from the Hubble Legacy Archive, the first time the dataset has been systematically searched for anomalies. https://loom.ly/Jt-ZdN0
"Roughly, we wanted to follow a timeline from its beginning to when the internet arrived, and it sort of lost its place in the world. But along the way, there were gazillions of amazing shows. So, did it have an archive that was preserved and available to us?" https://loom.ly/NuCuAkU
A Live Archive: David Shadrack Smith Talks About Wrestling With the Unwieldy History of his Sundance-premiering ‘Public Access’
David Shadrack Smith talks about assembling a wild, unwieldy archive in his Sundance doc, Public Access
www.documentary.org
January 28, 2026 at 2:21 PM
"Roughly, we wanted to follow a timeline from its beginning to when the internet arrived, and it sort of lost its place in the world. But along the way, there were gazillions of amazing shows. So, did it have an archive that was preserved and available to us?" https://loom.ly/NuCuAkU
At the upcoming IIIF online event: The on-going work in the cultural heritage community to incorporate digital object verification has been addressed by working groups such as the Digital Object Authenticity Working Group (DOAWG) and the Trust in Archives Initiative (TAI).
https://loom.ly/U298gEY
https://loom.ly/U298gEY
January 27, 2026 at 2:21 PM
At the upcoming IIIF online event: The on-going work in the cultural heritage community to incorporate digital object verification has been addressed by working groups such as the Digital Object Authenticity Working Group (DOAWG) and the Trust in Archives Initiative (TAI).
https://loom.ly/U298gEY
https://loom.ly/U298gEY
The films — commissioned by the Department of Immigration in the 1960s — screened at embassies and High Commissions, particularly in the United Kingdom, to encourage migration to Australia. https://loom.ly/3phdMa8
1960s films restored in hope of enticing new migrants to regional Australia
The National Film and Sound Archive has released 4K restorations of the 1960s film series Life in Australia, commissioned by the Department of Immigration to attract new migrants to regional Australia.
www.abc.net.au
January 26, 2026 at 2:21 PM
The films — commissioned by the Department of Immigration in the 1960s — screened at embassies and High Commissions, particularly in the United Kingdom, to encourage migration to Australia. https://loom.ly/3phdMa8
This week's member Screening Room is from AMIA Online - tips and tricks on color remastering home movies across various formats and codecs using DaVinci Resolve. Look for the link in your inbox.
January 23, 2026 at 2:21 PM
This week's member Screening Room is from AMIA Online - tips and tricks on color remastering home movies across various formats and codecs using DaVinci Resolve. Look for the link in your inbox.
A look back at 2007 - the first iPhone was introduced, Al Gore received a Nobel Peace Prize, Spider-Man 3 was tops at the box office, and AMIA was in Rochester for the annual conference.
January 22, 2026 at 2:21 PM
A look back at 2007 - the first iPhone was introduced, Al Gore received a Nobel Peace Prize, Spider-Man 3 was tops at the box office, and AMIA was in Rochester for the annual conference.
The program for JTS 2026 is now available! Since 1983, JTS has been organized to address the international scientific and technical issues facing the preservation and management of audiovisual collections. Check out the program and register (in person or virtual) here. https://loom.ly/CiQLdaw
Welcome - JTS 2026 - National Film and Sound Archive
Check out the program and register (in person or virtual) here.
conlog.eventsair.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:33 PM
The program for JTS 2026 is now available! Since 1983, JTS has been organized to address the international scientific and technical issues facing the preservation and management of audiovisual collections. Check out the program and register (in person or virtual) here. https://loom.ly/CiQLdaw
One of the key features of the Arcade Archives series is its highly detailed screen settings, which are deliberately designed to recreate the feeling of staring into a dusty arcade monitor. https://loom.ly/HL7I_TM
Keeping Classics Alive: Arcade Archives Reaches 500 Titles with Space Invaders - Xbox Wire
500 games. 11 years. 1 legendary milestone. Arcade Archives reaches its 500th release with the iconic Space Invaders! Check out the exclusive interview with the team on the craft of preserving history.
news.xbox.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:21 PM
One of the key features of the Arcade Archives series is its highly detailed screen settings, which are deliberately designed to recreate the feeling of staring into a dusty arcade monitor. https://loom.ly/HL7I_TM
Inspired by the Bicentennial Freedom Train, the tour is designed to make historic and consequential documents from America’s early history more accessible to the public, https://loom.ly/K5j_2bQ
Founding documents to visit American cities on Freedom Plane National Tour
The National Archives and Records Administration announced plans for a new traveling exhibition.
kval.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Inspired by the Bicentennial Freedom Train, the tour is designed to make historic and consequential documents from America’s early history more accessible to the public, https://loom.ly/K5j_2bQ
Punk pioneer Tom Verlaine’s archives — including a trove of unreleased recordings — are now available to artists, researchers and fans at the New York Public Library. https://loom.ly/HDps-CI
NYC library gets punk icon’s archive, including unreleased tunes and 145 notebooks
The system’s Library for the Performing Arts has inherited the archive of Tom Verlaine, the front man of the seminal 1970s band Television that influenced decades of rock music and helped to put th…
nypost.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Punk pioneer Tom Verlaine’s archives — including a trove of unreleased recordings — are now available to artists, researchers and fans at the New York Public Library. https://loom.ly/HDps-CI
In the AMIA Screening Room this week: Michael B. Gillespie joins Van Peebles to discuss his body of work alongside his father’s groundbreaking Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, examining its profound impact on American cinema. Look for the link in your inbox.
January 16, 2026 at 2:21 PM
In the AMIA Screening Room this week: Michael B. Gillespie joins Van Peebles to discuss his body of work alongside his father’s groundbreaking Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, examining its profound impact on American cinema. Look for the link in your inbox.
In September 2024, ICCROM partnered with the US State Department to help safeguard Ukrainian cultural sites under threat from Russian attacks. https://loom.ly/jzBpmLo
Trump Withdraws From Major Culture Preservation Groups
Two entities focused on global heritage and arts policy are among dozens the White House deemed “contrary to the interests” of the United States.
hyperallergic.com
January 15, 2026 at 5:33 PM
In September 2024, ICCROM partnered with the US State Department to help safeguard Ukrainian cultural sites under threat from Russian attacks. https://loom.ly/jzBpmLo
The Moving Image Call for Submissions: Videotape in the Archive. https://loom.ly/CjFjs20
The Moving Image: Special Issue
This special issue will articulate the unique logistical, technological, and legal challenges of videotape preservation while introducing The Moving Image’s readership to the idiosyncratic character of videotape archives and the history of videotape as a medium.
amianet.org
January 15, 2026 at 2:21 PM
The Moving Image Call for Submissions: Videotape in the Archive. https://loom.ly/CjFjs20