Film/Video

Cinema Revival: A Festival of Film Restoration

images from films featured in Cinema Revival
Feb 24, 2022 – Feb 28, 2022

Cinema Revival Festival Pass
$25 members, students, and seniors
$30 general public

INCLUDES THESE PERKS

  • Admission to all Cinema Revival talks and screenings
  • Free admission for the exhibition To Begin, Again: A Prehistory of the Wex, 1968–89, in our galleries
  • an exclusive Cinema Revival passholder lounge, with complementary beverages and snacks for you to enjoy throughout the series.

Our eighth-annual weekend celebrating the art and practice of film restoration is back! After last year’s virtual festival, we’re thrilled to return to our theater and to welcome back such experts as Lee Kline of the Criterion Collection and Tim Lanza of the Cohen Film Collection. In addition to that deep bench of restoration and film expertise, we’ll be screening films by Vittorio De Sica, Nina Menkes, Douglas Sirk, Oscar Micheaux, Mira Nair, Joan Micklin Silver, Sarah Maldoror, and more!

Purchase a festival pass to take in the full roster of films (at $30, that’s a little more than $3 a film, less if you are a Wex member)—and hear from the experts working to preserve our cinematic treasures—while enjoying access to an exclusive passholder lounge.

Get ready for Cinema Revival with Film, the Living Record of Our Memory, screening February 11–12. It's an essential primer on film preservation.

A black and white image of a man in a light colored suit and tie standing next to a woman in a suit and hat
New Restoration
past Film/Video

Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A. (Spencer Williams, 1946) Introduced by Ohio State Professor Ryan Friedman

Thu, Feb 24, 2022
A stark image of a woman in profile, who appears sad.
New Restoration
past Film/Video

Hester Street (Joan Micklin Silver, 1975) Introduced by Tim Lanza, Vice President and Archivist, the Cohen Film Collection

Thu, Feb 24, 2022
A man and woman stand in a doorway. The woman is in a fur coat and is looking down at a book in her hands
New Restoration
past Film/Video

Murder in Harlem (Oscar Micheaux, 1935)

Fri, Feb 25, 2022
A man in a tuxedo, a woman in a white gown, and another older, balding man in a tux stand together looking at one another
New Restoration
past Film/Video

Written on the Wind (Douglas Sirk, 1956) Introduced by Lee Kline, Technical Director, the Criterion Collection

Fri, Feb 25, 2022
An image of a man and a woman on a broomstick flying above the tops of buildings in a city
New Restoration
past Film/Video

Miracle in Milan (Miracolo a Milano, Vittorio De Sica, 1951)

Sat, Feb 26, 2022
A woman in a purple headdress and yellow shirt hold a baby and she stares intensely at a man in glasses and a white shirt. Behind them both is a window looking out to leaves and trees
New Restoration
past Film/Video

Sambizanga (Sarah Maldoror, 1972)

Sat, Feb 26, 2022
A large number of people gathered in a lobby enjoying beverages and snacks at a reception
past Film/Video

Cinema Revival Reception

Sat, Feb 26, 2022
A collection of images from the Cinema Revival lineup
past Film/Video

Restoration Roundtable with Lee Kline and Russell Smith (Criterion Collection), Tim Lanza (Cohen Film Collection), and David Marriott (Arbelos Films)

Sat, Feb 26, 2022
A woman and man stand in an embrace, about to kiss. They are outdoors in front of foilage
New Restoration
past Film/Video

Mississippi Masala (Mira Nair, 1991) Introduced by Russell Smith, Senior Restoration Artist, the Criterion Collection

Sat, Feb 26, 2022
An elder with white hair smiles and holds a young child in a yellow shirt. A cross sits in front of them as they both sit in a field
New Restoration
past Film/Video

Kummatty (Govindan Aravindan, 1979)

Sun, Feb 27, 2022
A close-up of a man's face as he stares intensely at the camera. Next to him, in profile, a woman speaks to him
New Restoration
past Film/Video

Chameleon Street (Wendell B. Harris, Jr., 1990) Introduced by David Marriott, Cofounder, Arbelos Films

Sun, Feb 27, 2022
A man in a dark suit stands with a woman in a black hat and veil
New Restoration
past Film/Video

The Olive Trees of Justice (Les oliviers de la justice, James Blue, 1962)

Sun, Feb 27, 2022
A person lays in a bed, covered by a blanket. They look onward to a person sitting on the edge of the same bed with their back turned
New Restoration
past Film/Video

The Bloody Child (Nina Menkes, 1996)

Mon, Feb 28, 2022
Rock Hudson and Lauren Bacall share a cab ride in a scene from Douglas Sirk's Written on the Wind
Read, Watch & Listen

You could win a pair of passes to Cinema Revival 2022!

Thu, Feb 17, 2022
Still from the Wendell B. Harris Jr. film Chameleon Street
Read, Watch & Listen

Cinema Revival: Exhibition as activation

Wed, Feb 23, 2022

SUPPORT FOR THIS PROGRAM PROVIDED BY
JewishColumbus Foundation Adrienne and Sidney Chafetz Wexner Center for the Arts Endowment Fund

FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Cardinal Health
Kaufman Development

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Rohauer Collection Foundation

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
The Wexner Family
Greater Columbus Arts Council
The Columbus Foundation
Ohio Arts Council
American Electric Power Foundation
L Brands Foundation
Adam Flatto
Mary and C. Robert Kidder
Bill and Sheila Lambert
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Nationwide Foundation
Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease
Arlene and Michael Weiss

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Mike and Paige Crane
Pete Scantland
Axium Packaging
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
President Kristina M. Johnson and Mrs. Veronica Meinhard
Nancy Kramer
Huntington
Lisa Barton
Johanna DeStefano
Russell and Joyce Gertmenian
Liza Kessler and Greg Henchel
Ron and Ann Pizzuti
Joyce and Chuck Shenk
Bruce and Joy Soll
Clark and Sandra Swanson
Jones Day