PRESS REVIEWS of UNSEEN CINEMA

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1) WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART press release
http://www.whitney.org/information/press/55.html
2) VARIETY, Thursday, June 21, 2001
"Russian film fest of famine" by Tom Birchenough
3) ANNOTATIONS, Vol. 11, No. 1, Spring 2000
"Tyler, Texas, Black Film Collection reels in a new generation"
(Broken Earth) pp.1-2
4) MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PRESS-CENTRE DAILY, No. 2, June 22, 2001
"Unknown Masterpieces" by Andrei Khrenov
5) THE INDEPENDENT, July 2001
"Seeing is Believing: Unseen Cinema Unearths a New History of the Early American Avant-Garde" by Steven Anderson
http://www.unseencinema.org/anderson.html
6) THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE ARTS, E1, July 12, 2001
"Footlights: Screen Gems"
7) VILLAGE VOICE, July 17, 2001
Short List: Film: "Unseen Cinema" by J. Hoberman
8) MUSEUMS NEW YORK, Summer 2001, Vol. 7, No. 3
"Unseen on the Silver Screen"
9) NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, MORNING EDITION, July 31, 2001
"Unseen Cinema" by Pat Dowell
interviews with Bruce Posner, Jan-Christopher Horak, and Lillian Jacobs
http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/me/20010731.me.12.ram
10) 1010 BLOOMBERG NEWS RADIO, August 2001
Interview with Bruce Posner
11) THE NEW REPUBLIC ONLINE, August 14, 2001
"The First Picture Show: The Myth of the Early American Avant-Garde" by Brian Frye
12) TOPICAL CURRENTS, WLRN-FM MIAMI/FT. LAUDERDALE, August 15, 2001
"Independent Film" talk show host Ed Bell interview with Bruce Posner
13) NEW YORK MAGAZINE, August 20, 2001
"Birth of a Film Nation" by Ben Kaplan
14) CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, August 24, 2001
"Screen Gems Rediscovered" by David Sterritt
http://www.csmonitor.com/2001/0824/p15s2-alar.html
15) ARTS NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS, Summer 2001, Vol. XVIV, No. 3
"New Hampshire Filmmaker Curates Avant-Garde Film Retrospective"
16) VILLAGE VOICE, September 11, 2001
"Milk of Human Kindness" by J. Hoberman EDGY MOVIES: ROOTS AND BRANCHES: SALOME and BALLET MECANIQUE
http://villagevoice.com/film/0136,hoberman,27808,20.html
17) VILLAGE VOICE, September 18, 2001
"Fake It So Real" by J. Hoberman THE BLUEBIRD
http://villagevoice.com/film/0137,hoberman,28006,20.html
18) CHICAGO READER, September 21, 2001
"On Film: Getting Strange in the Golden Age" by Bill Stamets
19) CHICAGO TRIBUNE, September 21, 2001
"Early American Gems: Ballet Mecanique and Salome" by John Petrakis
20) BAM STAGEBILL, October 2001, pp.34-36
"Unseen Cinema: A Case for America's Avant-Garde Film" by Steve Anderson
21) FILM DIGEST, October 6, 2001
"Unseen Cinema"
22) CHICAGO TRIBUNE, October 12, 2001
"Screen Gems: Light Rhythms: Melodies and Montages" by John Petrakis
23) CHICAGO READER ONLINE MOVIE CAPSULE REVIEWS,
  October-November 2001
http://onfilm.chireader.com/MovieCaps /S/SA/20852_SALOME.html
…/L/LI/20966_LIGHT_RHYTHMS_MELODIES_AND_MONTAGES.html
…/E/EC/20943_ECSTATIC_MOMENTS_ALONG_THE_RIVER_OF_TIME.html
…/W/WR/20990_WRITING_WITH_LIGHTNING_GRIFFITH….html
…/F/FI/21042_FIRST_STEPS.html
…/D/DE/21009_DEVILS_PLAYTHING…AND_FAIRY_TALES.html
24) AMIA NEWSLETTER, No. 54, Fall 2001
"News from the Field"
25) SZENE HAMBURG, November 2001
"Start-ups für Hollywood" by Thomas Tode
26) DIE TAGESZEITUNG HAMBURG, November 3 & 4, 2001
"Jenseits von Hollywood" by Urs Richter
27) THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER EAST, November 5, 2001
Calendar: BAMcinemathek
28) TIP MAGAZINE, BERLIN, November 8, 2001
"Tausend neue Blicke" by Robert Weixlbaumer
29) FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG, November 8, 2001
"Kinemathek zeigt Avantgarde-Filme" dpa
30) FRANKFURTER RUNDSCHAU, November 15, 2001
"Eine andere Avantgarde" by Daniel Kothenschulte
31) BERLINER ZEITUNG, November 15, 2001
"Torte im Himmel" by Ralf Schenk
32) DIE TAGESZEITUNG, November 16, 2001
"Die Stundeder der Amateure" by Urs Richter
http://www.taz.de/pt/2001/11/16/a0195.nf/textdruck
33) FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG, November 16, 2001
"Von den kuriosen Anfängen der laufenden Bilder" by Eva-Maria Magel
34) FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG, November 22, 2001
"Im Reich der schwarzen Strahlung" by Bert Rebhand
35) SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG, Thursday, November 29, 2001,
"Für ein paar Kilowatt" by Fritz Goettler
36) SUEDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG, December 7, 2001
"Nachtliche Lust" got
37) KINOVEDCHESKIE ZAPISKI 54, December 2001
Journal reviews of XXIII Moscow International Film Festival presentation of "Unseen Cinema" Retrospective:
"Lost Illusion of Invisible Cinema" by Andrei Khrenov, pp. 94-122.
"American Don-Quixote with Songs of Innocence and Experience: Bruce Posner Interviewed" by Andrei Khrenov, pp. 123-127.
"A Missed Encounter: Notes of a Sociologist" by Abram Reitblat, pp. 128-135.
"Americans in Paris" by William Moritz, pp. 136-148
38) VILLAGE VOICE, January 8, 2002
"The Year in Avant-Garde Film and Video" by Ed Halter
39) EPD FILM, January 19, 2002
"Eine Entdeckung: Unseen Cinema" by Wilhelm Roth
40) FILMBLATT, 7. Jg., Nr. 18, Winter 2002
"Unseen Cinema" by Ralf Forester
41) CITY PAGES, February 6, 2002
"Hidden Wonders" by Keith Harris
http://citypages.com/databank/23/1105/article10131.asp
42) LA WEEKLY, February 14, 2002
Film Specials: "Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film 1893-1941: Salome" by Holly Willis
43) STAR TRIBUNE, February 8, 2002
Best Bets: Film: "Unseen Cinema" by Colin Covert
44) CINEMA JOURNAL 41, No. 2, Winter 2002
Exhibitions, p. 137-138.
45) OBJECT MAGAZINE, No. 16, February 2002
"What Movies Might Have Been" by David Jenemann
46) LOS ANGELES TIMES, February 14, 2002
"Revisiting the Dawn of Avant-Garde Films" by Susan King
47) LA WEEKLY, February 14, 2002
Film Specials: "Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film
1893-1941: Writing with Lightning: D.W. Griffith, Mary Ellen Bute, Busby Berkeley" by Holly Willis
48) LOS ANGELES TIMES, February 16, 2002
"Series Spotlights an Innovative Animation Pioneer" by Charles Solomon
49) LA WEEKLY, February 21, 2002
Film Specials: "Unseen Cinema" by Holly Willis
50) THE CAPITAL TIMES, January 23, 2002
"UW Cinematheque: Too Successful?" by Rob Thomas
51) INFORMATION - KULTUR, May 3, 2002
"Genfundne filmskatte" by Lars Movin, pp. 10-11
52) SENSES OF CINEMA, June 18, 2002
"Unseen Cinema: An Interview with Bruce Posner" by John Conomos & Bill Mousoulis
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/02/21/posner.html
53) INSIDE FILM, June 22, 2002
"Sydney Film Festival Audience Awards and Prix VIP"
54) WTVJ CHANNEL 6, Miami, July 11, 2002
"Morning News Show" with Bruce Posner
55) TOPICAL CURRENTS, WLRN-FM MIAMI/FT. LAUDERDALE, July 11, 2002
"Rewind/Fast Forward Festival" Ed Bell interviews Steve Davidson & Bruce Posner
56) UCLA 11TH FESTIVAL OF PRESERVATION, July 25- August 24, 2002
"Uncharted Land: An Evening of Independent Film Preservation" by Ross Lipman
57) WLRN MAGAZINE, September 2002
"Happening at WLRN: Our Many Visitors" photo
58) SOUND ON SOUND, Vol. 17, Is. 11, September 2002
"Moving Pictures: Uniting Music & Film: The 'Ballet Mecanique'" by Paul D. Lehrman, pp.142-146
http://www.sospubs.co.uk/sos/sep02/articles/balletmecanique.asp
59) WASHINGTON CITY PAPER, September 13-19, 2002, Vol. 22, No. 37
"Unseen Cinema - America's Avant-Garde, 1893-1941" by Mark Jenkins, p. 109

60) ASSOCIATED PRESS WIRE, September 13, 2002
"National Gallery of Art to Show Art Films Produced Over Half a Century" by Carl Hartman
61) ART JOURNAL, Vol. 61, No. 3, Fall 2002
"The Museums of the Moving Image" by Daryl Chin, pp. 92-95
62) PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, November 1, 2002
"Film fest offers two homegrown premieres" by Barbara Vanchen
63) PITTSBURGH CITY PAPER, November 6-13, 2002
"The Three Rivers Film Festival" by B.O.
64) 90.3 WCPN FM, November 11, 2002
Spotlight Cleveland: Interview with Bruce Posner and John Ewing
65) THE NEW YORK SUN, Thursday, January 16, 2003
"American Cubism" by Daniel Kunitz
Review of "The Park Avenue Cubists" exhibition and Morris film.
66) EL MUNDO CATALUNYA, February 4, 2003
"La Filmoteca dedica un ciclo a la vanguardia northamericana," p. 10
67) EL PAIS, February 4, 2003
"Cine Experimental y nunca visto" by M.R., p. 16
68) AVUI, February 4, 2003
"La Filmoteca acull un cicle inédit de films d'avantguarda nord-americans"
by M.M., p.44
69) GARA, March 6, 2003
"Bruce Posner participa en una mesa redonda"
70) DEIA DIARIO DE BIZKAIA, March 7, 2003
"El Museo Bellas Artes programa 165 títulos de cine inéditos en Bilbao" by
Ana Ramos
71) GARA, March 9, 2003
"Nunca ha sido tan difícil como ahora ver cine de vanguardia" by Karolina
Almagia
72) WEEKLY PLANET, Vol. 16, No. 1, March 26 - April 1, 2003
"A Tale of Two Cines" by Lance Goldenberg, pp. 18-21
73) FRIDAY EXTRA, THE TAMPA TRIBUNE, March 28, 2003
"A Film Feast" by Joanne Milani, pp. 22-23
74) CORNELL CHRONICLE, Vol. 34, No. 29, April 3, 2003
"CU Cinema shows early avant-garde films" by Bill Morrison
75) MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO, May 2003
"Music Mavericks" series on BALLET MECANIQUE
http://www.musicmavericks.org/features/interview_lehrman.html
76) NEW YORK, June 30 - July 7, 2003
"Machine Dreams" by Mark Stevens on Manhatta at The Metropolitan
77) NEWSDAY, June 8, 2003
"At Industry's Altar" by Ariella Budick on MANHATTA at The Met
78) ANTI-MEGA, August 5, 2003
"Picturing a Metropolis"
79) THE GUARDIAN, August 8, 2003
"Unseen Cinema, London"
80) TIME OUT, August 8, 2003
"Festivals & Seasons: Unseen Cinema" by G. E.
81) FILM COMMENT, Vol. 39, No. 5, Sept/Oct 2003
"Manhatta" by Chris Chang, p. 17
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1069/is_5_39/ai_n13470523
82) CENTRE POMPIDOU Release 2003
http://www.cnac-gp.fr/Pompidou/Manifs.nsf/AllCycle/ En%20marge%20de%20Hollywood?OpenDocument
83) PARIS CAPITALE, September 15- October 15, 2003
"En Marge d'Holywood" by F. Y.
84) JOYCE, Autumn 2003
"En Marge de Hollywood"
85) CENTRE DE CREATIVITE, September 12, 2003
"En Marge de L'avant-garde: fait de la retape pour une pseudo-avant-garde
américaine chauvine et hégémonique"
86) LE MONDE, Wednesday, September 24, 2003
"Rétrospective: Retour sur l'avant-garde américaine" by Florence Colombani
87) L'HUMANITE, Wednesday, September 24, 2003
"Hollywood si pres, si loin" by Emile Breton, p. 19
http://www.humanite.presse.fr/journal/2003-09-24/2003-09-24-379451
88) LES CAHIERS DU CINEMA, September 24, 2003
"En Marge de Hollywood"
89) FILMTEXT.COM, 2003
"Als die Bilder stolpern lernten" by Urs Richter
www.filmtext.com/start.jsp?mode=3&thema=E&key=8
90) METRO, September 24, 2003
"En Marge de Hollywood"
91) LE NOUVEL OBSERVATEUR, September 25, 2003
92) PARIS OBSERVATEUR, September 25, 2003
"La premiére avant-garde cinématographique 1893-1941"
93) WEEKLY PLANET, Vol. 16, No. 1, September 25, 2003
"Best of Bay 2003: Best One Time Film Experience: Joseph Cornell Film
showing at the Ybor Festival of the Moving Image"
http://www.weeklyplanet.com/current/pundit_film_x6.html
94) LA TRIBUNE, September 26, 2003
"L'avant-garde d'Hollywood à Beauborg"
95) TELERAMA, September 27, 2003
"En Marge de Hollywood"
96) FRANCE 2 TV, JOURNAL, September 30, 2003, 12.58
"En Marge d'Hollywood" interview with Bruce Posner by Daniel Bilalian
97) TSF RADIO, September 30, 2003, 6.30, 8.30, 13.00
"En Marge d'Hollywood" interview of Bruce Posner by Jean-Charles Doukhan
98) EURONEWS, September 30, 2003, 18.00
"En Marge de Hollywood"
99) ADEN, October 1, 2003
"En Marge de Hollywood"
100) TELERAMA SORTIR, No. 2803, October 1 2003
"Premiére avant-garde made in USA" by J. Mo.
101) L'EXPRESS Magazine, Ocotber 2, 2003
"En Marge de Hollywood"
102) DE TYD, November 4, 2003
"Voorlopers van de avant-garde: Kino Eye-festival: 'Unseen Cinema'" by
Edwin Carels, p. 15
103) DE MORGEN, November 4, 2003
"Unseen Cinema: ongezien maar het bekijken zeker waard" by Christophe
Verbiest, p. 7
104) AASET VAN ANTWEREN, November 5, 2003
"Filmmuseum blikt terug op vroege Amerikaanse cinema" by I. D.
105) ZONE, No. 3, November 5-11, 2003
"Kino-Eye 4: Unseen Cinema"
106) DE MORGEN, November 12, 2003
"Camp in het kwadraat: Salomé" by Christophe Verbiest, p. 11
107) SKRIEN, Jaargang 35, No. 10, December 2003
"Unseen Cinema: Eerbetoon aan een vergeten underground" by Stan van Herpen, pp. 32-34
108) ZINE, No. 10, December 2003-January 2004
"22 Pakjesavonden: Vroege Amerikaanse avant-gardefilm, 1893-1941" by Nico
de Klerk, pp. 6-7
109) FILMKRANT, No. 250, December 2003
"Soepele zuigers: Unseen Cinema"
110) NRC HANDELSBLAD, December 3, 2003
"De eerste Amerikaanse avant-garde" by Andre Waardenburg
111) DE VOLKSKRANT, December 4, 2004
"New York als goed geoliede machine" by David Sneek
112) TROUW, December 4, 2004
"Historisch New Yorkeen oase voor avonturiers" by Belinda van de Graf
113) VLUCHT, Dec. 2003/Jan. 2004
"Filmmuseum: Unseen Cinema," p.41
114) TUFTS JOURNAL, Saturday, January 10, 2004
"Award-winning documentary to premiere at Yale" on Lehrman's George Antheil documentary
http://tuftsjournal.tufts.edu/archive/2003/september/briefs/bad_boy.shtml
115) HARRY RANSOM HUMANITIES RESEARCH CENTER press release
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/programs/2004/unseencinema/
116) PERSISTENCE OF VISION, Vol. 8, No. 4, Winter 2003-04
"Ransom Center presents Unseen Cinema" by Steve Wilson, pp. 13-14
117) RANSOM NEWS, Spring 2004, Vol.11, No. 2
"Ransom Center hosts American avant-garde film series" by Oliver Franklin &
Steve Wilson, p. VI
118) TEXAS MONTHLY, February 2004
"A Great Weekend in Austin" by Stacy Hollister, p. 28
119) AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN, February 12, 2004, Section E
"Glimpse the infancy of American avant-garde film" by John DeFore
120) THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE, Vol. 23, No. 24, February 13, 2004
"The Radical Context" by Rachel Proctor May, p. 56
http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2004-02-13/screens_feature.html
121) AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN, February 26, 2004
"New Chance to see old treasures" by Courtney Sebesta, p. E2
122) ON CAMPUS, Vol. 31, No. 2, February 27, 2004
"Harry Ransom Center presents retrospective ofpre-WWII avant garde film
movement in U.S.," p. 16
123) AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN, March 11, 2004
"Seeing the Unseen," p. E2
124) KUT (Austin NPR Affiliate), March 11, 2004
Interview with Steve Wilson
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kut/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_I
D=603399
125) BALLET MECANIQUE PAGE (Current - listed under "Léger Film")
http://antheil.org
126) CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, June 5, 2005
Busby Berkeley: "Film Center honors pioneering force of movie musicals" by Bill Stamets
http://www.suntimes.com/output/movies/sho-sunday-busby05.html