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I will be arriving in L.A. on Wednesday morning, and you will be hearing a lot from me during the Fest. Check out the schedule at this link. See you there!   read more

I will not be leaving my house tonight to sit in a theater and watch a silent movie while a pianist plays along. This is, sadly, an unfortunate state of affairs. But I did have the rare privilege of leaving my house every night for the past 6 NIGHTS to enjoy a silent movie, with an appreciative aud read more

I will not be leaving my house tonight to sit in a theater and watch a silent movie while a pianist plays along. This is, sadly, an unfortunate state of affairs. But I did have the rare privilege of leaving my house every night for the past 6 NIGHTS to enjoy a silent movie, with an appreciative aud read more

On September 4, 2011, on a now-defunct personal blog, I published this FR (S) review of Powell and Pressburger’s Black Narcissus.  As this is my favorite Powell and Pressburger film, and as this is my first submission for TheCinementals.org, I thought I’d repost it here.  Thanks for rea read more

I was reminded of this one in an email from my grandfather. As many of you know Walt Disney was quite fond of South America, Brazil in particular. Some of the studio’s best, but not necessarily most celebrated works, were about South America like the short vignettes that comprised the feature read more

Wowee – is my feets sore from doing the Charleston with Joan Crawford in Our Dancing Daughters! Last night was the opening night of the Toronto Silent Film Festival and fabulous it was. But despite sipping bathtub gin til the wee hours of the morn, this jazz baby is hard at work this morning read more

Disney Hollywood Studios' Fantasmic When going on a vacation to the Disney Parks there is less time to take in movies, Disney or otherwise, however, that does not mean there isn’t fodder to sate your cinematic thirsts while there. Here are some of the sights I saw that met that requirement. T read more

In concluding my PTSD on Film series, I have chosen to study two postwar films of an actor I greatly admire and respect, Jimmy Stewart. Jimmy Stewart was a hometown boy from Indiana, Pennsylvania, who starred in a string of romantic comedies in the 1930’s. In the 1940’s, he flew missions to France, read more

Avi Federgreen, acclaimed Canadian film producer and founder of Federgreen Entertainment and IndieCan Entertainment, announced today the launch of River Valley Films, a new film production company based in Edmonton, Alberta. With River Valley Films, Federgreen both salutes his hometown of Edmonton read more

Avi Federgreen, acclaimed Canadian film producer and founder of Federgreen Entertainment and IndieCan Entertainment, announced today the launch of River Valley Films, a new film production company based in Edmonton, Alberta. With River Valley Films, Federgreen both salutes his hometown of Edmonton read more

Here again I present to you one short, somewhat representative work of brilliant, bold, experimental, surrealist animators. This short is the results of a BBC commission that was subsequently rejected. No doubt it was a case of not truly understanding who the artist are. For more information on them read more

This post was originally published on the lonelybrand blog as part of an ongoing silent film series. Chicago has had its fair share of films. Of course, the John Hughes films rank at the top of the list, along with the likes of “The Dark Knight” and, as much as I hate to acknowledge it read more

Pretty Clever Film Gal’s fingers were flying all week to bring  you the Toronto Silent Film Festival preview this week, resulting in what may be the first ever silent film induced case of carpal tunnel syndrome. But don’t fret my pets, this did not slow me down from my self-appointed ro read more

Pretty Clever Film Gal’s fingers were flying all week to bring  you the Toronto Silent Film Festival preview this week, resulting in what may be the first ever silent film induced case of carpal tunnel syndrome. But don’t fret my pets, this did not slow me down from my self-appointed ro read more

We’re heading into the final countdown… only one week ’til the launch of the 2012 Toronto Silent Film Festival! Heck to the yeah. At this point in a run-up to a film festival, reviewers would have screeners in their grubby little paws and would be anxiously rolling the dice about read more

We’re heading into the final countdown… only one week ’til the launch of the 2012 Toronto Silent Film Festival! Heck to the yeah. At this point in a run-up to a film festival, reviewers would have screeners in their grubby little paws and would be anxiously rolling the dice about read more

It wasn’t that long ago that Fox Searchlight was faced with a decision for Steve McQueen’s Shame: make cuts to the film or take a higher rating.  Fox decided against cuts, taking an 18 Rating in the UK and an NC-17 Rating (an 18 equivalent) in the US, thus standing by the artistic vision of its read more

I am so excited I could spit! The Toronto Silent Film Festival launches on March 29. Check out my news piece at Toronto Film Scene. Film festivals are generally all about the new and the next, presenting specific challenges to the critics charged with previewing them. Not so with The Toronto Silen read more

I’m reprinting my article on The Lusty Men of Classic Film here in case people don’t want to transfer to a new site.  The only problem is the videos that accompany each section will not play on here so if you want to see the clips you’ll have to check out the article as originally read more

For many people, "My Man Godfrey" is one of those films it's difficult to become tired of; the characters are so delightful, the writing so pointedly clever (but with the heart that prevents it from devolving into a polemic) that it's next to impossible to resist. "Godfrey" is returning to Turner Cl read more