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Human Rights Watch Film Festival: Saving Face
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Toyiah Murry on Feb 28, 2014
I was introduced to the horrific realities of acid attacks at an early age while watching an episode of “The Montel Williams Show” early one morning. It was an episode I’ll never forget. On it, a woman from Jamaica whose face appeared plastic as if wearing a prosthetic mask, discussed read more
Givenchy on Film
Pretty Clever Films Posted by Christina Stewart on Feb 26, 2014
French fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy and Audrey Hepburn created an image of timeless glamour onscreen. This glamour has now permeated every facet of our lives and has become the epitome of class. I can still remember buying my first pair of Givenchy silk stockings and feeling oh so glamorous read more
Oscar winning Best Live Action Short Film Color 1937
Pop Culture ImagineMDD Posted by ImagineMDD on Feb 23, 2014
Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film: Best Short Subject, Color
In 1936 and 1937 there were three separate awards in this category
Meatless Meals 1936 Jean Prescott Adams
Best Short Subject, One-reel 1936 - 1956
Best Short Subject, Two-reel 1936 - 1956
Best Short Subject, Color was u read more
The Road to Yesterday (1925) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Feb 23, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on February 23, 2014 in Blog, Silent Movie Review Cecil B. DeMille’s first feature from his shiny new studio, The Road to Yesterday is the epic tale of two couples, marital strife, a fiery train wreck, flappers, ministers and a touch of time travel. You know, keeping things s read more
Short Film Saturday: Max Linder
The Movie Rat Posted by Bernardo Villela on Feb 22, 2014
Max in a Taxi (1917) Max Wants a Divorce (1917) read more
The Squaw Man (1914) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Feb 16, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on February 16, 2014 in Blog, Silent Movie Review, Silents vs Talkies The feature film came to Hollywood with this 1914 oater about a British gent who takes the blame for a crime and heads out west. He romances and marries a Native American but finds himself conflicted when an oppo read more
Autumn Leaves, a Season Worth Celebrating Anytime, a Film of Uncommon Beauty.
Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Feb 15, 2014
Autumn Leaves is a Soaper, not a frilly or floral soap but more in the lines of a deep cleaning-cleanser made for grimy, greasy hands; this is a quintessential Joan Crawford vehicle, affording her many strong scenes, and allowing ample room for her larger than life personality. I assume many read more
Autumn Leaves, a Season Worth Celebrating Anytime, a Film of Uncommon Beauty.
Classic Film Aficionados Posted by C. S. Williams on Feb 15, 2014
Autumn Leaves is a Soaper, not a frilly or floral soap but more in the lines of a deep cleaning-cleanser made for grimy, greasy hands; this is a quintessential Joan Crawford vehicle, affording her many strong scenes, and allowing ample room for her larger than life personality. I assume many read more
LEGENDARY ITALIAN HORROR MOVIE COMPOSER TO APPEAR AT CAMDEN FILM FESTIVAL!
Classic Horror Campaign Posted by Richard on Feb 15, 2014
ON SATURDAY 22nd FEBRUARY 2014 VISIT THE CAMDEN FILM FAIR HELD AT THE ELECTRIC BALLROOM! THE LEGENDARY ITALIAN FILM COMPOSER AND MUSICIAN, CLAUDIO SIMONETTI (GOBLIN / DAEMONIA) WILL BE MAKING AN APPEARANCE AHEAD OF HIS 2014 UK TOUR. CLAUDIO, BEST KNOWN FOR HIS WORK WITH DARIO ARGENTO (SUSPIRIA, read more
TCM Film Festival 2014 Announcements So Far
Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on Feb 14, 2014
The 2014 TCM Classic Film Festival is fast approaching which means TCM has been releasing a lot of very exciting news about the different appearances, special events and screenings that will take place during the festival. This year's theme is Family in the Movies: The Ties that Bind and yesterday T read more
The Man Behind the Film: An Interview with Accidentally Preserved's Ben Model
Curtains Posted by Janelle Vreeland on Feb 11, 2014
Recently, silent film accompanist/film historian Ben Model released the second installment of his “Accidentally Preserved” series. The DVD features nine more restored versions of previously thought lost and rare silent films, all with brand new musical accompaniment courtesy of read more
You're invited! GlamAmor's Webinar on HISTORY OF FASHION IN FILM 1950s this Sunday 2/23
GlamAmor Posted by on Feb 10, 2014
UPDATE: Due to technical issues with the platform during the scheduled live webinar on the 16th, I will be doing a reprise this coming Sunday the 23rd. All are welcome!
If you love style in the movies, you are invited to a special 6-part webinar series to learn all about THE STYLE ESSEN read more
The Whispering Chorus (1918) A Silent Film Review
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Feb 9, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on February 9, 2014 in Blog, Silent Movie Review In a noirish narrative of guilt, conscience and self-absorption, Cecil B. DeMille takes us into the head of Raymond Hatton’s embezzler. Terrified of being caught, he manages to fake his own death but the long arm of the law and read more
TCM Film Noir Pick for February
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Feb 8, 2014
There’re a whole lot of first-rate Oscar-worthy films airing on TCM in February, but not a whole lot of noir. But that’s okay, because on February 20th, TCM is airing Leave Her to Heaven (1945), a rare color noir that you’re not going to want to miss. (Some say it isn’t noir at all, but I’m read more
A silent film proto-noogie, Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Feb 5, 2014
By Fritzi Kramer on February 5, 2014 in Blog, GIF, Humor Nell Shipman is absolutely adorable in Back to God’s Country and I have the GIF to prove it! Just look at her reaction to her husband (Wheeler Oakman) when he doesn’t pay enough attention to her. A well-placed noogie can take care read more
“Bringing Up Baby” 4th film in Screwball Comedy series screened February 11, 2014
Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on Feb 4, 2014
“Bringing Up Baby” 4th film in Screwball Comedy series screened February 11, 2014
When: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 6:30 p.m.
Where: The Venue 1550 at the Daystar Center, 1550 S. State Street
Today Bringing Up Baby starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant is considered a clas read more
“Bringing Up Baby” 4th film in Screwball Comedy classic screened February 11, 2014
Classic Movie Man Posted by Stephen Reginald on Feb 4, 2014
“Bringing Up Baby” 4th film in Screwball Comedy classic screened February 11, 2014
When: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 6:30 p.m.
Where: The Venue 1550 at the Daystar Center, 1550 S. State Street
Today Bringing Up Baby starring Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant is considered a cla read more
Lost Film Files #24: Red Hot Romance (1922)
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Feb 3, 2014
Red Hot Romance (1922) Status: Fragments survive in the Library of Congress Today, I will be featuring a forgotten film that is most notable for who was behind the camera. Victor “Gone With the Wind and Wizard of Oz” Fleming directed. Anita Loos and John Emerson wrote the script. The fi read more