THE FORGOTTEN ARTWORK OF…
By now most film buffs know how good silent movies looked, in contrast to popular opinion based on the…
THE DEATH OF VHS—AND…
Amidst the various “in memoriam” pieces for 2016 one name was missing: not an actor or a filmmaker, but…
BUSTER KEATON REMEMBERED AND…
A few weeks ago the International Buster Keaton Society (also known as the Damfinos) celebrated the 100th anniversary of…
TWO FANTASTIC JAZZ DOCUMENTARIES
As a lifelong jazz buff I was eager to see I Called Him Morgan to learn more about one…
JOSEF VON STERNBERG’S SALVATION
It’s a cultural crime that several of Josef von Sternberg’s films no longer exist. We shouldn’t be cheated out…
CHAPLIN AND KEATON DISCOVERIES
While watching the bonus features on the new Criterion Collection release of Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid, I had to…
‘The Front Page’ Restored
In the early 1970s the nascent American Film Institute mounted a screening series at Lincoln Center in New York…
