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Everyone knows Japanese Paper Films are in high demand worldwide. The Orphans at MoMA show was joy filled. Eric Faden & team resurrected the format an 100+ works. And they aren’t on the internet yet. Increasing the value of their international first-run.

Artifacting. Reflection off the confidence monitor in rehearsal this morning. @ Orphans at MoMA

She said it.

R.I.P. Frank Roumen (of Eye Filmmuseum, and thrice of Orphan Film Symposiums). Here in New York 2018.

Yay

Saturday, Jan. 31, 2pm, Orphans Films @ MoMA *LESS (1973) Hollis Frampton *TREES (1973) Glenda & Paul Fillinger *DOIN’ THE RACCOON (1929) DeVry Cinetone *LITTLE FARMERS OF REYNOLDSBURG, OHIO (1936) N.G.V. *Untitled #16, 18, 19, 20 (1966) Edward Owens *Japanese Paper Films (1930s) 40 min., live music

The 2026 Helen Hill Award announcement on Friday. Meanwhile, enjoy Helen's YOUR NEW PIG IS DOWN THE ROAD (5'), with into by Phil Hoffman, creator of the "Film Farm" where where Helen made the hand-processed 16mm film. wp.nyu.edu/orphanfilm/2...

Video projection (in Los Angeles) designed by culture jammer (if thats still a thing) called VJay B*mb youtube.com/shorts/eP-dZ...

Fanone stays on task.

Good.

Fun fact. University professors can nominate a person for a Nobel Peace Prize.

Sunset in Narva 17 Jan 2026. (About 3:30pm)

Tank and Chamber Review essay on 2 recent exp docs www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

“The media is reporting that the dangerous ‘Hong Kong flu’ has arrived in Russia and vaccines are powerless against it.”

Mayakovski

Emma & Fred Ott’s 50th wedding anniversary.

Now with a new holiday score. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTCD...

Plus, another Fred Ott film web premiere. Read more . . . (Includes another Fred Ott web premiere from 1894) wp.nyu.edu/orphanfilm/2...

Happy January 7th! Fred Ott sneezed twice. Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze, January 7, 1894.

film history of 1933 happily appropriated annually. E pluribus whoopee, everyone.

We are so grateful for the moral support, kinds words, and generosity. Truly. Looking forward to the new year ahead with everyone. TRULY. 🐴

A few things to expect at the April Orphan Film Symposium in Ohio. (Not all selections complete just yet).

First ever. Shub in English. Keith Sanborn new book.

On the occasion of today's 130th anniversary of Lumière's Cinématographe debut, I published this. We know the Lathams' Eidoloscope preceded the Dec. 30, 1895 "first" commercial screening by seven months. But does that film, Griffo vs. Barnett (May 1895) survive? Maybe. wp.nyu.edu/orphanfilm/2...

where to stay in Columbus for the April 8-11, 2026, Orphan Film Symposium. The link has 5 hotels recommended by our hosts at the OSU Wexner Center. wp.nyu.edu/orphanfilm/2... Program listings for the symposium coming soon (very). A diptych to suggest the historical range of images you'll see.

Actual Christmas present. Current hit manga/anime, DAN DA DAN. Supernatural comedy serial. Episode 1: Momo [believes in ghosts but not aliens[ and Okarun [believes in aliens, but not ghosts] Their first goal: retrieve his missing testicles.

A 1940 film by about the JACL. The editor holds a film strip in the first scene.

It’s Basquiat’s birthday. Fur hat. Fur hat. Two images from Warhol’s INTERVIEW magazine, July 1984. The unlikely duo of the Warhol protege with Andy’s mentor Emile de Antonio. Marxist filmmaker sports Armani watch.

Estonia

Memorable event of 2025 meeting Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. His Centre’s team does good work. The Tallinn airport is filled with photos and Pärt quotations all year in honor of his 90th birthday.

Prokofiev in the building’s laundry room discard pile.

“Get to the airport 3 hours before departure . . . so we can make you stay near the departure gate for 6 hours.”

Sheepishly and reluctantly, we turn to this. www.gofundme.com/f/help-dan-m...

Jan 31 orphan films at MoMA www.moma.org/calendar/eve...

US Navy film from 1945 about latrines and sanitation. USE YOUR HEAD!

First cover, first issue, first in the ol' cinephiles' hearts. Bazin on SUNSET BOULEVARD.

Guy thinks he’s Orson Welles. youtu.be/vBeRV4yVA6k?...

Sheepishly and reluctantly, we turn to this. www.gofundme.com/f/help-dan-m...

Having just watched DUCK AMUCK with students, I guess the robot surveillance squad chose to put this in my feed. Not sure why the editors chose it to illustrate the article. moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/29/t...

Maud Madison: La Danse Serpentine, 1897. youtu.be/kE6s4Pj37CM

Kodak congratulates Maya Deren and Alexander Hamid [sic] (MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON) for receiving an Honorable Mention in the Amateur Cinema League's "Ten Best" list for 1945. Alongside a film by the Boy Scouts of America, THE PATROL METHOD [a lost film?].

Neal Katyal in oral arguments before the Supreme Court today referenced a "Marshall McLuhan moment" (as in ANNIE HALL).

Halloween is largely about Welles in my first thoughts ever year.