The New York museum's Film Library, started in 1935, is the oldest film archive in the world and holds more than 30,000 films, restored at its Celeste Bartos Film Preservation Center. Rather than selling discs, MoMA licenses its restorations, often of American silents with their original tints, to labels such as Kino Lorber, and some appear first as festival screenings or HD streams.
MoMA
2 films on Best BluraysBest video release: 2 in HD3 more announced
Films where MoMA's release is the pick. How picks are made
Films where MoMA's release is the pick. How picks are made
Director: Victor Sjöström
Sources: nitrateville.com (opens in a new tab)
Best Video:
MoMA resto no Blu-ray https://nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?t=35725
3 announced
MoMA's release is announced; until it is out, the picks are other releases · by Letterboxd rating
Upcoming Release:
In 2021, a 4K restoration was premiered by MoMA which has yet to receive home video release.
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Retroformat HD Streaming
Director: D.W. Griffith
Upcoming Release:
New digitized edition of MoMA’s definitive 1979 photochemical restoration, no release yet https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/11556
Sources: moma.org (opens in a new tab)
Best English-Friendly & Video:
Video Notes:
Mastered in HD from the Museum of Modern Art's 35mm restoration, with original color tints
Director: Raoul Walsh
Upcoming Release:
New restoration by MoMA and Film Foundation https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/11558 no release yet
Sources: moma.org (opens in a new tab)
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