The Film Panel Notetaker

Here I write my first contribution to The Film Panel Notetaker, that is from the point of view of a very very independent filmmaker. So it might not be very traditional notetaking, rather this spot will be a collage of impressions, a recollection of images (mostly moving) and candid writing.Rolling…..Action:
On Werner Herzog in conversation with [...]

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The Museum of the Moving Image (MMI) that recently broke ground for its $65 million renovation-expansion in Astoria, announced today Moving Image Source, a new website devoted to the history of film, television, and digital media. Supported by the Hazen Polsky Foundation, Moving Image Source features original articles by leading critics, authors, and scholars; a [...]

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Tonight at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, honored guests broke virtual ground for the Museum’s previously announced $65 million renovation-construction. Among the notable groundbreakers were Museum Director Rochelle Slovin, renovation architect Thomas Leeser, the current and former Queens Borough Presidents Helen M. Marshall and Claire Shulman respectively, New York City Councilman Peter [...]

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The Axe in the AtticQ&A with Co-Director Lucia SmallThe Museum of the Moving ImageAstoria, NYFebruary 23, 2008
(Livia Bloom and Lucia Small)

Saturday night, the Museum of the Moving Image presented the documentary The Axe in the Attic by filmmakers Ed Pincus and Lucia Small about their personal journey to chronicle the people who were displaced [...]

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Interview:The Axe in the Attic Filmmakers
Ed Pincus & Lucia Small

Photo credit: Henry Morgan
On Saturday, filmmakers Ed Pincus and Lucia Small will present their documentary The Axe in the Attic at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria at 6:30pm. I highly encourage anyone who will be in the area to attend this film [...]

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A Tribute to St. Clair BourneMuseum of the Moving Image – Astoria, NYFebruary 10, 2008

(L to R: Armond White, Esther Iverem, Warrington Hudlin, George Alexander, Clyde Taylor and David Schwartz)

(Filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles in the audience)

At the Museum of the Moving Image on Sunday, critics and scholars were in person to discuss the career of [...]

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The Museum of the Moving Image (MMI) in The Film Panel Notetaker’s neighborhood of Astoria, Queens, has announced that it will hold a groundbreaking celebration for its $65 million expansion and renovation project on February 27. Anticipated for completion in late 2009, the “project will double the current size of the Museum, transforming the entire [...]

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Chop Shop Preview and Q&AMuseum of the Moving Image – Astoria, NYJanuary 26, 2008

(Left to Right: Livia Bloom, Alejandro Polanco & Ramin Bahrani)

At the Museum of the Moving Image on Saturday, Ramin Bahrani (RB), director and writer of Chop Shop, and the film’s young star Alejandro Polanco (AP) answered questions during a Q&A, moderated [...]

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