The CineForum

“What I like about The CineForum and Reg Hartt and what makes him a valuable figure is his belief in cinema as a living, breathing thing, something to be enjoyed and argued about, not genuflected at or framed on a wall and revered at a respected distance. In his presentations he refutes the conventional wisdom that films like THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915), THE BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN (1925), and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) are better appreciated as historical artifacts than entertainments. To see KID DRACULA, his show that pairs F. W. Murnau’s NOSFERATU (1922) with Radiohead to surprisingly effective results is to be reminded that the classics were made for the raw public before they were made for cinema studies syllabi. I have rarely felt a film’s greatness in a classroom but I have often felt it at Reg Hartt’s CineForum.”—a cinema studies student.

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Do the dead speak?

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March 3, 2023

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Hit “Open to a new window.” Then hit again to enlarge. Then download to read in a picture viewer for clear print and best results. In 1968 I walked into a meeting of a metaphysical society in Ottawa, Canada. I was 22. There I saw a man who vanished when he caught my eye on him. I kept my eye on the spot. Saw him two more times. I then spoke with the woman in charge. She left to return with a photograph. I said, “That is the man.” She said, “That is the caretaker. He died yesterday. Where you saw him was his favorite place to sit during our meetings.”