October 28, 2023

Olga Preobrazhenskaia's THE PEASANT WOMEN OF RIAZAN Screening at MoMA

October 28, 2023/ Jon Gartenberg

On Sunday, October 29th, at 2pm, and later, on Tuesday, November 7th, at 7pm, Olga Preobrazhenskaia’s 1927 film THE PEASANT WOMEN OF RIAZAN will play at the Museum of Modern Art in the program After Alice, Beyond Lois: Mining the Archive with the Women Film Pioneers Project. GME distributes the work of over 100 women filmmakers, including Preobrazhenskaia. Her film is currently available to the North American university market, from GME, in the six-disc Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack EARLY WOMEN FILMMAKERS: AN INTERNATIONAL ANTHOLOGY.

August 26, 2020

George Méliès The Witch (La Fée Carabosse ou le Poignard Fatal) Screening at Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival

August 26, 2020/ Jon Gartenberg

The 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.

February 01, 2020

Segundo do Chomon Screening in THE DEVIL PROBABLY: A CENTURY OF SATANIC PANIC series at Anthology Film Archives on Feb. 2nd

February 01, 2020/ Jon Gartenberg

Often compared to Georges Méliès, Segundo de Chomón was a pioneer of early “trick films” that showcased his talent for sophisticated animation techniques and stenciled color. One of his best-known titles, THE RED SPECTRE showcases a series of spectacles performed against a hellish landscape by a Luciferian magician as a competition ensues with an unexpected and equally devilish heroine

January 29, 2020

Benjamin Christensen in Satanic Retrospective at Anthology Film Archives Jan. 31 - Feb. 20

January 29, 2020/ Jon Gartenberg

Anthology Film Archives is presenting Benjamin Christensen’s HÄXAN (1922) as part of their series The Devil Probably: A Century of Satanic Panic. Gartenberg Media distributes Christensen’s Il Cinema Ritrovato award-winning DVD BENJAMIN CHRISTENSEN: SEALED ORDERS (DET HEMMELIGHEDSFULDE X) / BLIND JUSTICE (HÆVNENS NAT) .

January 03, 2020

Georges Méliès and Marie Menken Films at Anthology Film Archives Jan. 3rd-5th, 2020

January 03, 2020/ Jon Gartenberg

Films by Georges Méliès and Marie Menken featured in GME’s distribution program are being screened as part of Anthology Film Archive’s Essential Cinema Repertory series to kick off their new year of programming.

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