The Arch

Nov 19, 2008 — Albert Lamorisse’s principled balancing of objective fact with childish wish fulfillment results in a new, paradoxical genre—the documentary of dreams.

Jul 16, 2008 — The locations for many of Ingmar Bergman’s most dramatically spare films have existed for so long in moviegoers’ minds as stark black-and-white dream states that to walk through them in living, vibrant color is truly transformative. Imagine the harsh, pebbled...

Aug 20, 2026 — A retrospective spotlights the writer’s collaborations with Carol Reed, Fritz Lang, John Ford, Alberto Cavalcanti, and George Cukor.

Oct 17, 2018 — Peter Jackson revamps archival footage from the First World War in They Shall Not Grow Old.

Jan 14, 2025 — There’s a Delphine Seyrig retrospective on in New York and another will open at the Harvard Film Archive on Friday.

Jun 22, 2020 — Sofia Bohdanowicz and Deragh Campbell are the directors of MS Slavic 7, which premiered at the Berlinale and was featured at the Harvard Film Archive. Bohdanowicz is a filmmaker based in Toronto, and her work has been exhibited at several...

Sep 7, 2017 — As part of a six-week retrospective of the work of Chantal Akerman, the Harvard Film Archive screens her most famous film in 35 mm.

Jan 11, 2017 — When the Academy Film Archive embarked on a new restoration of The Front Page, preservationists stumbled onto a mystery regarding the existing prints of the film.

Sep 22, 2016 — As part of a two-month series highlighting Yasujiro Ozu’s late-career work, the Pacific Film Archive is showing Equinox Flower, a family drama about a conservative father and his rebellious daughter, who refuses to accept his plans for her arranged marriage.

May 13, 2009 — It doesn’t really come as a surprise that Chris Marker is a devoted inhabitant of the virtual world Second Life. After all, one could call the playful French filmmaker and multimedia artist’s kitty—and alter ego—Guillaume-en-Egypt a trailblazing avatar (when asked...