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Get your thinking caps on....The Great Imaginary Film Blogathon is on its way!!  In less than two weeks it will be time to brainstorm, experiment, create, and share your ideas for all the wonderfully stupendous films that you wish were made - but never were.   Merlin Jones knows the read more

Get your thinking caps on....The Great Imaginary Film Blogathon is on its way!!  In less than two weeks it will be time to brainstorm, experiment, create, and share your ideas for all the wonderfully stupendous films that you wish were made - but never were.   Merlin Jones knows the read more

Here is the final round-up for the 2013 Summer Reading Classic Film Book Challenge. Check out the First Round-Up and Second Round-Up if you haven't already. Congratulations to Laura and Travis! They completed the 6 book challenge. Instead of awarding a prize to one winner, I decided to split the p read more

Get your thinking caps on....The Great Imaginary Film Blogathon is on its way!!  In less than two weeks it will be time to brainstorm, experiment, create, and share your ideas for all the wonderfully stupendous films that you wish were made - but never were.   Merlin Jones knows the read more

Get your thinking caps on....The Great Imaginary Film Blogathon is on its way!!  In less than two weeks it will be time to brainstorm, experiment, create, and share your ideas for all the wonderfully stupendous films that you wish were made - but never were.   Merlin Jones knows the read more

Once again those fantastic folk at the London Film Memorabilia Convention have an amazing line-up of celebrity guests lined up for their next huge event on Saturday 21st September at Central Hall Westminster! Despite having a Carry On theme (celebrating 55 years of the iconic British comedy film ser read more

A rare surviving Florence Lawrence film concerns a country doctor and his family. When both his daughter and an impoverished neighbor fall ill at the same time, which one will he save? Lawrence is the doctor’s wife. All the melodrama you can stuff into 14 minutes! Florence Lawrence plays the read more

“They’re independent, they’re affectionate, they’re loyal, they’re sagacious, they’re mysterious, they’re inscrutable.” These words, spoken by Dr. Michael Fox, leave the subject in question much to live up to. It’s unimaginable that a single bei read more

“They’re independent, they’re affectionate, they’re loyal, they’re sagacious, they’re mysterious, they’re inscrutable.” These words, spoken by Dr. Michael Fox, leave the subject in question much to live up to. It’s unimaginable that a single bei read more

Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design by Jennifer Bass and Pat Kirkham Foreword by Martin Scorsese Laurence King Publishers (distributed in the U.S. by Chronicle) Hardcover, 428 pages October 2011 ISBN: 9781856697521 Barnes and Noble IndieBound Powell's I was so excited when Saul Bass: A Lif read more

If the phrase “delightfully weird” could be summed up in a single 10-minute clip, the 1936 MGM musical short New Shoes would certainly be it. Technically, the short follows a young man (Arthur Lake) and woman (Jean Chatburn) as they have a meet cute at a shoe shop, go on a date, fall in read more

John Gilbert was undoubtedly one of the greatest stars of the silent film era.  He worked his way up from bit player to being one of Hollywood’s most popular leading men.  At the height of his career, he starred in classic films such as The Big Parade, The Merry Widow, and Flesh and the Devil. read more

Sorry I’ve been away for a while — a publisher has approached me about doing a film noir book (Yay blogging!) and it has been taking the lion’s share of my free time!Here’s a great set of posters featuring the inimitable Emma Matzo of Scranton, Pennsylvania — other read more

101 years ago today, American audiences caught their first glimpse of the Gish sisters on the motion picture screen. This anniversary is what inspired the Gish Sisters Blogathon, co-hosted by The Motion Pictures. Be sure to check out the other amazing posts prepared for this event. Two sisters, an read more

As I have been wont to do here on the site and in the Short Film Saturday theme, I love to feature the work of Georges Méliès. As it is also the time of year when the Movie Rat runs its 61 Days of Halloween theme, I figured I’d tie in the shorts in the horror milieu as well. I use the word mil read more

An extremely rare film with Dorothy Gish in the starring role. She is Gretchen, a newly transplanted Dutch maiden who finds romance, adventure and danger in her new home, New York. When she stumbles onto a counterfeiting ring, Gretchen must find a way to save herself and her father from the ruthles read more

Now’s the time to vote! For a few weeks a year, the National Film Preservation Board opens up voting for the National Film Registry to the public. The National Film Registry is a list of films that the Library of Congress deems culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” Unf read more

And that’s saying a lot. Oh, and yes, I will be covering the movie, which is number 7 on the Sight and Sound Top 250 list in an upcoming Top 250 Tuesday entry before too long. And just for good measure, for those of you unfamiliar with the movie, here’s the trailer: Related read more

It’s that time of year. You know, fantasy football. Well, I’m taking the idea and applying it to film festivals. (Goodness, am I a geek!) I am freshly back from Cinecon 49, you see, and so I am in a bit of a festive mood. So here is my fantasy film festival lineup. Who doesn’t l read more

And that’s saying a lot. Oh, and yes, I will be covering the movie, which is number 7 on the Sight and Sound Top 250 list in an upcoming Top 250 Tuesday entry before too long. And just for good measure, for those of you unfamiliar with the movie, here’s the trailer: read more