Martin Scorsese’s The Film Foundation Announces Upcoming Titles
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- Published on Thursday, 02 February 2023 08:05
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The Film Foundation has announced the next selection of films to be presented online in The Film Foundation Restoration Screening Room. The platform offers the opportunity to watch classic films, selected by Martin Scorsese, free of charge.
Each screening is accompanied by special features that explain the importance of each title, the films, restored by the foundation and its partners, have been selected personally by Martin Scorsese and film scholar Kent Jones, and represent a diverse group of titles from around the world.
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The foundation is partnering with Oracle and DelphiQuest to power the Restoration Screening Room, which programs beautifully restored films that, in many cases, are rarely seen anywhere. Each title will be presented with live commentary on the second Monday of the month at 7 pm EST. The films will also be available on-demand for 72 hours, starting at 7 pm local time the Saturday prior.
Accompanying each title are introductions and interviews with filmmakers, archivists, and scholars. The platform also highlights the foundation's archive, studio, and funding partners who ensure that these treasures are saved and protected for future generations.
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Restored films available once a month free through any web browser.
Who: Martin Scorsese's The Film Foundation
When: February 13 – THE RIVER (1951, d. Jean Renoir).
March 13 – Double Feature of CAUGHT (1949, d. Max Ophüls) and FORCE OF EVIL (1948, d. Abraham Polonsky).
April 10 – PRISIONEROS DE LA TIERRA (1939, d. Mario Soffici).
May 8 – STELLA DALLAS (1925, d. Henry King).
Where: film-foundation.org/restoration-screening-room
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About The Film Foundation:
The Film Foundation is a nonprofit organization created by Martin Scorsese in 1990 to protect and preserve motion picture history. By working in partnership with archives and studios, the foundation has helped to restore over 950 films, which are made accessible to the public through programming at festivals, museums, and educational institutions world-wide.
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The Film Foundation's World Cinema Project has restored 50 films from 28 countries to date, representing the rich diversity of cinema from around the globe. The foundation's free educational curriculum, The Story of Movies, teaches young people - over 10 million to date - about film language and history.
