TheArchive: Reviewing the Rare, Retro, and Restored

The 2025 Oscar nominations are finally here ! During a live broadcast, Comedians Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott revealed the 2025 Academy Award nominees. In this week’s blog, we wanted to talk about the various films that stole the spotlight this year, with a focus on the category of Best Documentary Feature. Blockbusters, dramas, and movies with well-known actors often get the most attention during award season, with good reason. But, we wanted to give some extra love to the documentary features that are educational, raw, and eye-opening.  Leading the pack is Netflix's Emilia Pérez , a musical about a trans drug lord in Mexico, which earned 13 nominations, including Best Picture , Best Actress for Karla Sofía Gascón, Best Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldaña , and Best Director for Jacques Audiard. Wicked and The Brutalist were close behind, each securing 10 nominations . Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande received acting nods for their roles in Wicked . At the same time, Adrien Brody...

  It’s almost time! Dune Part Two is on its way to theaters on March 1st. Fans are eagerly awaiting the second installment of Denis Villeneuve's cinematic adaptation of Frank Herbert's sci-fi masterpiece. The film picks up where its predecessor, Dune, left off, plunging the audience deeper into the complex and immersive universe of Arrakis.  From the expansive desert landscapes to the intricacies of the political and religious power struggles, the film captures the essence of the source material. Timothée Chalamet returns as Paul Atreides, continuing his transformative journey from a reluctant heir to a messianic figure destined to reshape the destiny of his universe. Dune Part Two will also feature Zendaya , Florence Pugh , and Josh Brolin .  Sci-fi is a genre that transcends the limitations of our reality, and it can act as a vehicle to imagine futures, worlds, and universes with advanced technologies, political dilemmas, and moral quandaries. Utopias and dystopias ...