MARRIED TO THE MOB
This piece was originally published on the New Beverly Cinema blog in advance of an upcoming screening of the film. Married to the Mob (Jonathan Demme, 1988) is the S’mores of … Continue reading
ANDREW & VIRGINIA STONE, INDEPENDENT AUTEURS
This piece was originally published on the New Beverly Cinema blog in advance of a set of upcoming screenings of the works of Andrew and Virginia Stone. In today’s cinema, … Continue reading
#ARCHIVESSOWHITE IN THE WORDS OF ARIEL SCHUDSON
This was originally posted as part of the #ArchivesSoWhite Interview series on the SAA (Society of American Archivists) Issues & Advocacy Blog I&A Research Teams are groups of dedicated volunteers … Continue reading
THE INVISIBILITY OF WOMEN ARCHIVISTS: STATISTICS, DIVERSITY AND PRIVILEGE
This piece was originally published on the SAA (Society of American Archivists) Issues & Advocacy Blog. Sadly, some of the links that were once available are now what are considered … Continue reading
SECRETARY and Adaptation: The Telephone Theory
Our Story Begins… So, a long, long, time ago in my academic kingdom far far away (read: somewhere pre-2007), I wrote this paper on the film Secretary (Steven Shainberg, 2002). At the … Continue reading
GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUN: Professional Wrestling and the Female Fan
Hello! So in the mid-2000s I was in graduate school for the first time and I wrote a paper that I REALLY loved on a subject that I REALLY loved … Continue reading
Voices Carry: The History of Women and Moving Image Archiving
This work began as a piece written for Michael Friend’s MIAS200 Seminar on Moving Image History, Philosophy and Practice. It has since been worked on and edited in several different … Continue reading
Something Old, Something New: The AMIA Student Chapter Screening Series, Pt.2
This is part two of an academic study of the film screening series which has been a central feature of the AMIA Student Chapter at UCLA. The first part can … Continue reading
Human Interventions and Technological Rescues: Digital Restoration of the Moving Image
This piece was written for MIAS 220: Archeology of the Media, taught by Professor Michael Friend for the Moving Image Archive Studies Program at UCLA during the Winter of 2013. “Before … Continue reading
It’s Elemental, dear Watson!: Film Restoration in the Photochemical Realm
This piece was written for MIAS 220: Archeology of the Media, taught by Professor Michael Friend for the Moving Image Archive Studies Program at UCLA during the Winter of 2013. “First … Continue reading
No Cigarette Burns: Why Film Will Never ‘Die’
This work was initially published as an OpEd piece in addition to my regular column, and may be found here at the original publication site at CraveOnline.com Back in May of 1897, … Continue reading
The Myth of Macho: John Carpenter’s Westerns
This piece was written as a part of my weekly column on CraveOnline.com about masculinity and the cinema, Myth of Macho. The original piece can be located at the online … Continue reading
The Belfast Project: An Archival Study
This piece was written for IS431: American Archives & Manuscripts, an Information Studies class with content crucial for the satisfying of course requirements of the Moving Image Archive Studies program at … Continue reading
Out of the Shadows and Onto the Screen: Project Shirley and Milestone’s Restoration of The Portrait of Jason
This piece was written for MIAS 210: Ethics of Preservation & Restoration, taught by Michael Pogorzelski for the Moving Image Archive Studies Program at UCLA during the Fall of 2012. Within … Continue reading
Raging Grain Debates: Andrea Kalas on the Sunset Blvd. Restoration
This piece was initially published on November 5th, 2012 on CRAVEONLINE.COM, and can be located in its original format here. Finally, on November 6, 2012, we will see the debut of … Continue reading
The Myth of Macho: Full Metal Jacket
This piece was written as a part of my weekly column on CraveOnline.com about masculinity and the cinema, The Myth of Macho. The piece can also be found on the original … Continue reading
Presenting The Way It Was: Warner Bros. and Blu-Ray Restoration
This work was initially published as a roundtable interview piece in addition to my regular column on the site, and may be located in its original form on CRAVEONLINE.COM. I was particularly … Continue reading
Vaults, Crypts & Keepers: EC Comics & Preservation
This piece was written for IS432:Issues in Heritage Preservation, an Information Studies class with content crucial for the satisfying of course requirements of the Moving Image Archive Studies program at … Continue reading
It’s Been 20 Years: The L.A. Riots…This Revolution WAS Televised.
This piece was written as part of my personal blog, Archive-Type: Musings of a Passionate Preservationist, on April 29, 2012. It was meant as a personal and historical look into the … Continue reading
Living On Video: Festival Cinema, Archiving and the Exploding World of Video-On-Demand (VOD)
This piece was written for MIAS 250: Access to Moving Image Collections, taught by Mark Quigley for the Moving Image Archive Studies Program at UCLA during the Winter of 2012. While … Continue reading
Something Old, Something New: The AMIA Student Chapter Screening Series, Pt.1
This piece was written for MIAS 240: Archival Administration, taught by Professor Snowden Becker for the Moving Image Archive Studies Program at UCLA during the Winter of 2012. This course, designed … Continue reading
The Devil You Know: History, Technology and Family in Warrior
This piece was written as part of my personal blog, Archive-Type: Musings of a Passionate Preservationist , and can be found in its original form and location here. It was a … Continue reading
The Motherboard & the Quilt: New Media Filmmaking and the L.A. Rebellion
This piece was written for FTV 218: Culture, Media & Society: The “L.A. Rebellion” of Black Filmmakers, a class taught by Professor Allyson Nadia Fields’ class based upon the works … Continue reading
Let’s Play Tag: Folksonomic Classification and the Power of the User
This piece was written for IS 260: Information Structures, taught by Professor Gregory Leazer as a requirement for the Moving Image Archive Studies Program at UCLA during the Fall of … Continue reading
The Magic Bullet: Software & Post-Production
This piece was written for MIAS 200: Archiving History and Philosophy, taught by Professor Michael Friend for the Moving Image Archive Studies Program at UCLA during the Fall of 2011. This … Continue reading
I Miss Talking in the Dark: Cinema, Technological Change and the Personal
I was highly inspired by a variety of the works I read within Professor Michael Friend’s MIAS200 Seminar, The History, Philosophy and Practice of Moving Image Archiving. The seminal “Nitrate … Continue reading
To Hypertext and Beyond: Vannevar Bush’s Additions to Information Science
This piece was written for IS 260: Information Structures, taught by Professor Gregory Leazer as a requirement for the Moving Image Archive Studies Program at UCLA during the Fall of … Continue reading
Progress Not Perfection: The Work of Ariel Schudson 