Better than its Poverty Row competitors, but never quite a major, Republic Pictures carved out a niche for itself as a source of solid, dependable B-movies that were often better than they had to be.
Now in its 15th season, the Museum of Modern Art's “To Save and Project” surveys significant film-restoration projects from archives around the world. Running Jan. 18 through Feb. 1, it's also a primer on world cinema and an introduction to film history and technique....
