STAN & OLLIE &…
If you are a Laurel and Hardy devotee it’s probably old news that the second volume of beautifully restored…
HEADS UP: IT’S NATIONAL…
What started out as a lark, or a novelty, has blossomed into an event of real significance: National Silent…
A CELEBRATION OF CLASSIC…
This is a great time to be a fan of vintage comedy, from the silent era onward. A brace…
‘ALL ABOUT EVE,’ ‘PETER…
While the giants of the media world slug it out on streaming platforms, smaller concerns (and one division of…
THE AMAZING CHARLEY BOWERS…
In the early 1980s I attended the Ottawa Animation Festival, where I saw a handful of silent shorts that…
SLEEPERS! FILM NOIR, WESTERN…
Even as “physical media” is ostensibly disappearing there are new DVD and Blu-ray releases being released on a regular…
DVD DISCOVERIES: FLEISCHER, FAIRBANKS,…
Even as studios and streaming networks try to eliminate “physical media” from the scene, a handful of hardy individuals…
