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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

If you think you know your pre-Codes, and haven’t seen False Faces, it’s time to go back to school to watch one of the outrageous pre-Codes of [...]

Remember that Johnny Cash song about a guy trying to get a free car while working for General Motors, so he sneaks out one piece at a time? Great idea, but [...]

It’s noir vs. myth in Jean-Pierre Melville’s When You Read This Letter (Quand tu liras cette lettre). When You Read This Letter, released in 1953, the [...]