The Film Journal by Christopher J Garcia - Klaus at Gunpoint

Registry - 1980 - Friday the 13th

7/10/2018

We begin our look at the amazing cinematic year that was 1980 with a consideration of Friday the 13th. Yes, it was the beginning of a massively important franchise that also didn't quite fit what the franchise would become. We look at the reasons it should be on the National Film Registry, what the impact was on the world of genre film, and why it and Halloween are so important.

Registry - The Black Cat (1934)

11/8/2017

Bela Legosi and Boris Karloff in their first on-screen pairing in a film that really should be on the National Film Registry!

Registry - Luxo, Jr.

10/23/2017

Registry - Eraserhead

7/5/2017

One of the most important avant garde feature films of the last fifty years, David Lynch's Eraserhead is on the Registry and for very good reasons.

Rear Window is all about television...

5/17/2017

This is the intro to our talk about Rear Window at The Hive yesterday, and it takes my central belief - Rear Window is all about television and it's role in the early 1950s.

Registry - Lawrence Jordan on Sound and Music

7/18/2016

I ask about the role of sound and music in Lawrence Jordan's film, especially Our Lady of the Sphere. Lawrence was kind enough to give a wonderfully thorough answer!

You can find out more about the work of Lawrence Jordan at lawrencecjordan.com/

Registry - The Augustas

7/7/2016

The Amateur Cinema League, and all the cine-clubs of the 1920s through the 60s, were big drivers of regular folks getting their movies seen. The advent of 16mm film, and later Super8, led to an explosion in the number of people who could shoot movies, not unlike what we've seen since 2000.

Scott Nixon's The Augustas is a film by a traveling salesman. It's also a record of a bunch of places called Augusta. It's also a strange piece of film that made me seriously scratch my head about what it all means... or not mean.

Registry - Quasi at the Quackadero

6/20/2016

A wonderfully strange animation from 1975, we look at Quasi at the Quackadero and how it relates to the Underground Comix scene and much more!

Registry - Skater Dater

6/20/2016

One of the most important and influential short films of the 1960s, there's a movement to get Skater Dater on to the National Film Registry. Does it belong? Tune in and find out. Also, yes... yes it does.

Registry - Superstar by Todd Haynes

6/7/2016

A controversial film that can't LEGALLY be shown. Todd Haynes' classic biopic that tackles the American Celebrity, anorexia, beauty, and how parents can be utter dicks. We talk about why it should be on the Registry, and touch on the concept of Forbidden Films.

You can view it at https://vimeo.com/344856