One of the first programmers to rediscover films made under the Third Reich, Langlois helped bring to light this 1935 German Surrealist-inspired work, “perhaps the most singular film made under the Third Reich” (La Cinémathèque française).
We begin our tribute with the 1918 Italian short La Tosca, a lost film found by Henri Langlois in the BAM/PFA Collection, followed by three films about the Cinémathèque française cofounder.
Jean Grémillon was invited by Langlois to become a member of the Cinémathèque in 1943, and became president the following year. His work occupies a special place in the history of the organization.
Tonight’s concluding chapters unravel the mystery of The Phantom Foe and, through a “veritable carnival of thrills and sensations,” restores some order to Janet Dale’s life.
The mysterious Phantom Foe continues to bedevil our heroine Janet Dale (Juanita Hansen). Tonight’s chapters take us deeper into the mystery: The Crystal Ball, Gun Fire, The Man Trap, The Mystic Summons, and The Foe Unmasked.
“American cinema seemed to achieve perfection at that time (the 1920s): perfection of the cut, perfection of the stitching, perfection of the fabric . . .
ilmed in Sweden, The Sacrifice is set in Tarkovsky country: a vast, airy home on a remote Baltic island whose shores evoke the edge of the world—much as the green acre in Solaris seemed a planet unto itself, the farther one got from Earth.
Henri Langlois championed the collaborative works of director Dimitri Kirsanoff and actress Nadia Sibirskaïa. We present the classic Ménilmontant in a rare 35mm print from the 1960 restoration prepared by La Cinémathèque française.
