The Film Archive is a space dedicated exclusively to cinema shot on photochemical film.
Films are approached here as material objects: shaped by format, production processes, reproduction, and the passage of time. What matters is not only what a film depicts, but how its physical form conditions what we see.
Each post begins with a single still image taken from a film. The still functions as an object of attention — a moment where a cinematographic decision becomes visible and open to examination. From there, discussion focuses on material aspects such as format, grain, exposure, color response, framing, or restoration.
This is not a place for rankings, hot takes, or general opinions about films.
It privileges looking over judging, and attention over speed.
The aim is not completeness, but care.
Every archive is selective by nature. This one is no exception.
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