Notes On Cinematograph

On Warner’s stereoscopic systems in the 1950s, and some new 3-D restorations premiered at Il Cinema Ritrovato 2026. – EK In the 1950s 3-D arrived with the loud bang announcing an immersive cinema — Natural Vision, Paravision, Metrovision, and other “visio…

Photo © Valerio Greco Below is the introduction I gave to welcome Guy Maddin on stage, followed by a video recording of our conversation, which you can watch below.

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A slightly different edit of a piece originally published in MUBI Notebook in June 2015.

Review published in the October issue of Sight & Sound under the title A Gentle Sonata of Loss. — EK Three Suicides and an Album Synopsis: At the height of his fame, tragedy strikes when jazz pianist Bill Evans loses his bassist, Scott LaFaro, in a car ac…

Dalton Trumbo (left) and John Howard Lawson campaigning before being sent to prison in 1950 This interview with me was conducted by Georg Szalai for The Hollywood Reporter.

Traductions françaises des synopsis de films pour la rétrospective «Red & Black», Festival du film de Locarno 2026. – EK Symphony of Swing Un court métrage de jazz enlevé, sur de somptueuses compositions et des plans à trucages d’Artie Shaw et de son orch…

Body and Soul Brief notes on all the titles to be screened in Locarno as part of the Red & Black retrospective. — EK .

The Hollywood 19 These questions were sent to me by email by the Italian critic Maurizio Porro.

Screening of Guy Maddin's Careful at Sala Scorsese I was interviewed by Spanish journalist David Pardillos Rodríguez for Infobae España via email.

Red and Black: Hollywood Left and the Blacklist Edited by Ehsan Khoshbakht Published by Les éditions de l'oeil Out in late July 2026 | order here In the period now known as the McCarthy era, a climate of fear bordering on paranoia took root.

I have already shared news about Red and Black, a forthcoming programme on the Hollywood Left/leftism and the blacklist/McCarthyism, which will take place at the Locarno Film Festival from 5–15 August.

Tony Rayns in Bologna in 2018 Il Cinema Ritrovato joins the international film community in mourning the great British film critic, historian, programmer, and lifelong champion of Asian cinema, Tony Rayns, whose passing was announced today.

This project encompasses my curatorial work, including a retrospective of more than 50 films at Locarno, a book published in Paris, and a podcast recorded in London, all three on Hollywood radicals and the ensuing blacklist.

Young Frankenstein turned 52; Mel Brookes turned 100; we turned 40.

Behind the scene of episode 1, feat.

This television documentary by Richard Schickel plays at Il Cinema Ritrovato on June 17, 2026. — EK “Kiss me in my mouth as if we are lovers,” a 76-year-old Barbara Stanwyck – still provocatively breaking taboos – tells a priest (Richard Chamberlain) in t…

For the first-time ever on home video, this collection presents the complete output of the iconoclastic independent Iranian film studio founded in the late 1950s by a towering figure of Iranian culture, Ebrahim Golestan.

This six-part series on the Hollywood Left and the Blacklist is my first foray into the world of podcasting.

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Restored in 4K in 2026 by Hammer Films at Silver Salt Restoration laboratory, from the original 35mm elements.

This year, Il Cinema Ritrovato will present more than 120 titles on celluloid, the majority in 35mm and a dozen in 16mm.

Newspaper advertisement for the second theatrical run of Ebrahim Golestan’s Secrets of the Jinn Valley Treasure (1974), which opened on 27 June 1978.

Eight Girls in a Boat Final part of my recommendations from Il Cinema Ritrovato 2026. — EK 31 Tol'able David Dir: Henry King | USA, 1921 We dedicated a retrospective to Henry King’s sound films in 2019, and this is the perfect opportunity to catch up with…

Tallinna Turg Part three of what I – and, in some cases, colleagues I have spoken to – recommend from the 2026 edition of Il Cinema Ritrovato.

Mudar de Vida My favourite things: Personal recommendations and favourite discoveries from among the more than 500 films awaiting you at Il Cinema Ritrovato 2026.

La Dérive A selection of personal tips, recommendations, and favourite discoveries from the more than 500 films awaiting you at Il Cinema Ritrovato 2026. 1 La Dérive Dir: Paula Delsol | France, 1964 Biased historiography haS long buried the work of this s…

John Cromwell's Caged (1950) will play as part of Red & Black: Hollywood Left and the Blacklist at 79th Locarno Film Festival, August 2026. — EK Hearings regarding the Communist Infiltration of the Motion Picture Industry Tuesday, October 21, 1947 House of

Transcribed from Photoplay, March 1948, Vol. 32, No. 4.