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Remembering Jimmy Buffett (1946 – 2023) | Library of Congress Blog
Posted by: Cary O’Dell, September 6, 2023 Like the rest of the world, the Library of Congress was very saddened to hear of the passing of Jimmy Buffett this past weekend. His passing was, to us, all the more poignant as Mr. Buffett’s iconic recording, “Margaritaville,” was added to the Library’s National Recording Registry just…
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From the National Film Registry: “Easy Rider” (1969)
Posted by: Cary O’Dell, May 17, 2023 Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper, Peter Fonda, drugs, hippies, the open road, protests, long–hair, nonconformity, backlash. “Easy Rider” picked up the beat of the 1960s at the end of that turbulent decade. It also fueled a developing urge to make personal films that could be done on budgets low…
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Film Night at the Pickford Theater: “The Maltese Falcon” (1941) | Now See Hear! | Library of Congress
By Library of Congress, 15 March, 2023, Posted by: Matthew Barton Every month, films from the Library of Congress’s collection are shown at the Mary Pickford Theater in the Library’s James Madison Building in Washington, DC. They range from titles newly preserved by the National Audio Visual Conservation Center film lab to classics from the…
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From the National Film Registry: “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” (1939) | Now See Hear! | Library of Congress
October 19, 2022 by Cary O’Dell Eighty-three years ago, on October 19, 1939, the Capra classic “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” had its debut in–where else?–Washington, DC. Named by the Librarian of Congress to the Library’s National Film Registry in 1989, “Mr. Smith” is, for better or worse, as timely today as it ever was. …
