Tonight (Feb 11), 7:30 PM at Sputnik Paderborn: Students present 8mm films from the university archive. On Screen: Home movies from the 1960s–80s — travel, family moments, small cinematic experiments. Highlight: a 1965 vacation film that accidentally captures the shooting of the Beatles film HELP!.

The second day of the festival almost exclusively relied on 35mm and 16mm prints. It was a blast!

Happy to get back into this thing. Expect more festival coverage soon! (also click the comments for more photos from the panel).

Submissions are open!! 🎥 As a theme for our festival's second #shortfilmcompetition, we devote ourselves to all of our (UN)HOLY DESIRES. To enter your works, please go to: paderporn-festival.de/call-for-ent... We're excited for your films!

We're moving into the next round! Be part of this year's festival and enjoy our international short film competition as well as a curated program centered around the theme of HOLY DESIRES. So save the date and join us in this very special celebration. We believe you will enjoy it!

Delighted to open PorNoir on April 9 with Inka Winter's Hollywood noir hommage MURDER MYSTERY (2019). Afterwards we'll talk about the genre and screen THE DOUBLE EXPOSURE OF HOLLY (1976). It's a noir fest! Thanks to ForPlay Films for their kind support.

Unser Festival hat jetzt auch einen Account. Im April steigt in Paderborn das erste Screening des Jahres. Can't wait!

Great article on the private archive of Candida Royalle (and a new book about her) that manages to be as nuanced and multifaceted as one could hope for. Amazing photos, too!

Zum Jahresbeginn ein neuer Blogbeitrag über Korruption, Selbstzerstörung, Anklage und das Ende aller guten Vorsätze:

Mal etwas anderes für die letzen Tage des Jahres: In unserem gemeinsamen Blog-Projekt vollziehen meine Frau und ich einen neuen Mediensprung und sprechen über die Radio-Sitcom FATHER KNOWS BEST (1949-1954). Die darin erwähnten Episoden sind alle zu Beginn des Beitrags über Archive.org verlinkt.

Kandi Barbour and Paul Thomas blending into orgasmic bliss. Lucky shot during 8mm projection. PICNIC PASSIONS (Collection Film No. 67, Super 8, 1979)

EL SATARIO (possibly 1907-1912, possibly Argentina). If the date is correct, this is one of the earliest surviving hardcore films. It's certainly one of the most notorious stags. Screenshot from a new 2K scan of the 16mm reduction print at Paderborn University.

Eine schöne Rezension der 3D-Sonderausgabe von 35 MILLIMETER, zu der ich Texte über MAN IN THE DARK (Landers 1953), DIAL M FOR MURDER (Hitchcock 1954) und THE STEWARDESSES (Silliphant 1969) beisteuern durfte: