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Frankenstein And The Matryoshka Chain
Frankenstein And The Matryoshka Chain
Storytellers are creators. The stories they create are filled with characters and situations forever unique, because the story exists in its own universe, [...]
Young Desire (1930) – Mary Nolan and the saddest pre-Code of them all
Young Desire (1930) – Mary Nolan and the saddest pre-Code of them all
When people ask me about my combined interests in film and medicine, I answer that the essence of medicine is about communication, which is also the point [...]
How the Star Trek Crew Could Have Saved The Passengers of the Titanic
How the Star Trek Crew Could Have Saved The Passengers of the Titanic
It was in 1912 when an irresistible force met an  immovable object. As it turned out, on this cold April night more than a century ago, the irresistible [...]
The Ghost Goes West: Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog
The Ghost Goes West: Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog
Move over, Psycho, Jane Campion has made a film challenging your position as the reigning Gothic film of classic Hollywood cinema. In 1925 Montana, Phil [...]
Burning Down the House: The Ukrainian film Two Days (1927)
Burning Down the House: The Ukrainian film Two Days (1927)
Ukraine has been getting a lot attention lately and those interested in its culture may be surprised to find out it had a robust (if brief) silent film [...]
Gustav Machatý’s Erotikon (1929)
Gustav Machatý’s Erotikon (1929)
More than once, I’ve heard in silent film circles: “If only the practical problems of talking pictures had been solved in 1930 instead of 1927. [...]
The Crowd – The Best Silent Film of All?
The Crowd – The Best Silent Film of All?
Everyone has their own choice for the best silent film ever made, my choice is King Vidor’s The Crowd (1928), which I saw most recently in a special [...]
Shane Comes Back: Mario Bava’s Knives of the Avenger
Shane Comes Back: Mario Bava’s Knives of the Avenger
First an explanation: I don’t like watching movies on TV and if there is a movie I’ve never seen before, I go out of my way NOT to watch it [...]
Michio Yamamoto’s The Vampire Doll
Michio Yamamoto’s The Vampire Doll
Hey, anyone want to see a Japanese horror film that mashes up Psycho, Poe, Dracula, Mario Bava, Hammer films, and into this goulash, throws in a little [...]
Boxing Mina – In Search of Dracula’s Moral Argument
Boxing Mina – In Search of Dracula’s Moral Argument
It was time for me read Dracula again. After all, it had been more than a few years since I’d last read the book cover to cover, and with all my work [...]