MARY PICKFORD’S ‘FAILURE,’ BUSTER…
Talk about fun! Every year the San Francisco Silent Film Festival offers rarities, restorations, and surprises from around the…
NEW AND NOTABLE FILM…
TRAVELS WITH WALT DISNEY: A PHOTOGRAPHIC VOYAGE AROUND THE WORLD by Jeff Kurtti (Disney Editions) I’m a sucker for…
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA SALUTES…
It isn’t often that Hollywood studios take the time and trouble to celebrate their history. That’s why Thursday’s event at Paramount…
FAREWELL TO DAN TALBOT,…
I grew up at the New Yorker Theater. As I succumbed to the lure of film history in my…
78/52: EXPLORING HITCHCOCK’S SHOWER…
How many movie sequences have taken on the mythic power of the shower scene in Psycho? Few, if any, I…
CHAPLIN BOOKS—NEW AND OLD
Charlie Chaplin is my hero, and I’ve read an awful lot about him over the years. Imagine how excited…
THE MAKING OF HIGH…
The subtitle of Glenn Frankel’s new book, published by Bloomsbury, is The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an…
NEW TRAILERS FOR VINTAGE…
Jon Mirsalis is a very talented guy, as anyone who has heard him accompany silent films over the years…
THE MAN BEHIND ‘SUNSET…
Billy Wilder is one of the towering figures of American cinema, a writer and director whose credits speak for…
RARE SILENT FILMS STREAMING…
Imagine having a world-class film archive at your fingertips, free of charge. Back in 2000, The National Film Preservation…
