The Archive is a collection of cinephile-friendly findings around the web, including rare or never-before-seen photos, interviews, footage or any other bits related to classic cinema. If you have any suggestions, feel free to e-mail in or tweet to @TheFilmStage. Check out the rundown below.
In celebration of his 70th birthday today, watch a recent 90-minute interview with David Cronenberg. His 1979 film The Brood was also recently picked up by Janus Films for a home release, and one can see a behind-the-scenes photo above. [3sat/The Criterion Cast]
Watch Mike Figgis interview David Lynch, as taken from the Inland Empire DVD. [Cinephilia and Beyond]
A William Friedkin retrospective is coming to the Brooklyn Academy of Music in May. [NY Times]
Charlie Chaplin entertaining a New York City crowd in 1918.
Photos of Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott, Murray Hamilton, and Robert Rossen on the set of The Hustler. [The Edit Room Floor]
Terrence Malick is programming a summer film series in Tulsa, which includes Zoolander, The Lady Eve, and more. [Tulsa World]
Watch Sofia Coppola‘s 1998 short film Lick the Star.
François Truffaut‘s Day for Night will hit Blu-ray in June. [Blu-ray.com]
Watch a 20-minute interview with Paul Thomas Anderson after Boogie Nights. [Vimeo]
Akira Kurosawa, whose The Hidden Fortress was a prime inspiration for Star Wars, stops by the set of The Empire Strikes Back.
Steven Soderbergh will address the state of cinema at the San Francisco International Film Festival on April 29th. [Indiewire]
Listen to a 13-minute interview with Stanley Kubrick for Barry Lyndon. [Cinephilia & Beyond]
Watch a video essay on the works of Andrei Tarkovsky. [@nelsoncarvajal]
Read negative executive notes after an early screening of Ridley Scott‘s Blade Runner. [Cinephilia & Beyond]
Watch the ending of Charlie Chaplin‘s City Lights, a finale which Alexander Payne recently not only called the best in cinema, but “one of the greatest achievements in all of the arts.” [MPN Now]
Matte paintings for Citizen Kane, Planet of the Apes, The Sting, and Vertigo. [Reddit]
Warner Bros. will release a 20-film comedy box set for their 90th anniversary, including Cary Grant, Marx Brothers, and Mel Brooks classics. [Thompson on Hollywood]
Watch a three-hour interview with Sidney Lumet from 1999. [Cinephilia & Beyond]
Watch Terry Gilliam‘s 1968 short film Storytime. [The Playlist]
A photo of Orson Welles removing his make-up on the set of Citizen Kane. [@LaFamiliaFilm]
Watch Disney’s new Mickey Mouse short Croissant de Triomphe. [/Film]
Roman Polanski directing Catherine Deneuve on the set of Repulsion. [iznogood]
Watch a 90-minute blooper reel from classic Hollywood films of the ’30s and ’40s. [@emmafgreen]
Frank Capra and Jimmy Stewart on the set of It’s a Wonderful Life.
See more from The Archive here and feel free to e-mail or tweet to @TheFilmStage for submissions.