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Eliminate the Effects of Acid in Your Posters

The # 1 paper enemy is acid. Unless your paper is made from cotton rag – which is very rare due to its high cost, most of the paper that your posters are printed on...

Disaster Films of the 1970’s!

By Phillip López Jiménez I remember once hearing film critic Roger Ebert lament that you know you’re in for a bad film when there is a row of star...

The Death of Physical Media Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

by Terry Collins Blogger's Note: Be sure to read Part One of this article if you haven't already. Please and thank you! As the golden age...

Movie Theaters

By Phillip López Jiménez As I write this piece the big news in Hollywood is Steven Spielberg's misgivings about whether or not Netflix films should be allowed to be...

SINFUL HOLLYWOOD

By Phillip López Jiménez What exactly are “Pre-Code” films, you might ask. Well, for those of you not familiar with the term, it means films made...

The Death of Physical Media Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

by Terry Collins The physical world of the film collector is not dead, not obsolete, not entombed with the ancient relics of a thousand years ago, and it certainly isn't passé...

THE CURSE OF THE MILLION DOLLAR MUMMY

By Phillip López Jiménez It comes to life! When I was assigned to write about the priciest poster ever sold, I immediately looked...

Lithography: What is it?

by Phillip López Jiménez What exactly is lithography? Lithography is a process of printing on stone, or as professor Henry “Indiana” Jones would say about the neo-lithic era “...L-I-T-H-I-C, meaning stone.” as...

Media Collection Protection Tips

The # 1 paper enemy is acid. Unless your paper is made from cotton rag – which is very rare due to its high cost, most of the paper that your posters are printed on are made from wood pulp. Mechanical pulping produces paper with the shortest fiber length and does not remove lignin from the wood which promotes acid...