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The Quatermass Report - Part One
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Oct 29, 2013
A BIRD'S EYE VIEW
Before The Invaders and other television series such as The X-Files popularized investigations of alien invasions there was Professor Quatermass, a pioneer in the field of experimental science who often encountered bizarre extraterrestrial happenings in a read more
The Quatermass Report - Part One
Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on Oct 29, 2013
A BIRD'S EYE VIEW
Before The Invaders and other television series such as The X-Files popularized investigations of alien invasions there was Professor Quatermass, a pioneer in the field of experimental science who often encountered bizarre extraterrestrial happenings in a read more
Screening Report: THE CAT AND THE CANARY (1927) at Nitehawk Cinema
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Oct 28, 2013
There were no electric guitars or digital loop stations in the 1920s. But that didn’t stop musicians Clifton Hyde and Zach Eichenhorn from using them to accompany a 1927 horror film at Nitehawk Cinema in Brooklyn yesterday. “I have no problem with purists, I’m just not one,” Hyde said after read more
Movies Silently Quarterly Report (3)
Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on Oct 8, 2013
Here’s what’s been going on in the third quarter of 2013. I added a new blog membership. I joined the Large Association of Movie Blogs, aka The LAMB. Baaaa. I also held my first blogathon with a co-host. Lindsey of The Motion Pictures agreed to be my partner in crime for the Gish Sist read more
Screening Report: TRY AND GET ME! (1950) at New York Film Festival
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Oct 3, 2013
“This movie is one of the most acutely realized movies about class distinction that was made in American cinema at the time,” New York Film Festival programming director Kent Jones said before a screening of TRY AND GET ME ! (1950) on Tuesday night. Presented at the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s read more
Screening Report: THE WIZARD OF OZ (1939) in IMAX 3-D
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Sep 24, 2013
It was a crisp Saturday night on the eve of autumn, and I was waiting for THE WIZARD OF OZ. “I’m shocked you want to see this,” my sister said. “Why?” I asked. “You know how much I like it.” “Exactly,” she said. “But you’re a…um…you’re a…” “Be careful what you read more
Screening Report: Clara Bow in IT (1927) at Nighthawk Cinema
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Aug 25, 2013
Talking is never okay at the movies. But what about singing? Vocalist Mary Alouette and the djangOrchestra accompanied Clarence G. Badger’s IT (1927) today during a brunch screening at the Nitehawk Cinema in Brooklyn, and the result was surprisingly effective. In the first installment of Nighthawk’s read more
Screening Report: SUPER FLY (1972) 40th Anniversary Celebration at Museum of the Moving Image
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Aug 18, 2013
“I want to thank you all for coming out for a movie that represents the renaissance of black cinema,” filmmaker Warrington Hudlin told the audience at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens on Friday night, before a screening of Gordon Parks Jr.’s SUPER FLY (1972). “And everybody is officially read more
Screening Report: Andrew Bujalski’s COMPUTER CHESS (2013)
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Aug 4, 2013
The most enjoyable movie I’ve seen this summer is in black and white. That probably doesn’t surprise you. But what if I told you it’s not a classic from the Studio Era, but rather a current release from one of the originators of the highly hyped “Mumblecore” movement? You probably didn’t read more
Report from the Front – 1944
The Bogie Film Blog Posted by Bogart Fan on Jul 25, 2013
My Review —A Short PSA from Hollywood’s Greatest Asset— Honorary Bogie Film Fix: 3 out of 3 Red Crosses! Producer: Gordon Hollingshead The Lowdown Reporters meet Humphrey Bogart and Mayo Methot as they arrive home after a trip to see the American Red Cross in action during World read more
Screening Report: Guillermo del Toro’s PACIFIC RIM (2013) in IMAX 3-D
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Jul 14, 2013
If you see PACIFIC RIM, director Guillermo del Toro’s ”Giant Monsters vs. Giant Robots” CGI Punch ‘em Up, make sure you stay for the closing credits. There’s a text screen at the very end that may be of interest to classic movie fans. This film is dedicated to the memor read more
Screening Report: The Hitchcock 9 at BAM
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on Jul 5, 2013
What director’s trademarks include nail-biting setpieces on historic precipices, the “wrong man” accused of a crime, the dangerous (usually icy blonde) female, murder with an outsized carving knife, and creative cameo appearances in his owns films? Even the greenest film school freshman read more
Movies Silently Quarterly Report (2)
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jul 1, 2013
Wow! A lot has happened since the last time I posted one of these! Welcome to the second quarter of 2013! I decided to take up the pen name of Fritzi. I just feel so much more roaring and twenties and whatnot this way. Plus, a little tribute to Fritz Lang never hurt anyone. I was accepted as a m read more
And THIS is what I think of your so-called report! Animated GIF
Movies Silently Posted by Movies, Silently on Jun 7, 2013
In Tempest, John Barrymore show Boris de Fast exactly what he thinks about the latter’s revolutionary ideas. BFF Louis Wolheim giggles in the background. This is what I would love to do when people write about silent films without bothering to watch any. I can see this working for very sarca read more
The Tweet’s Lady of Pasadena Report.
The Timothy Carey Experience Posted by Marisa on Jun 5, 2013
Well, it’s been an amazing trip so far. Saturday night Romeo Carey, my husband and I headed out to the desert and met up with the splendiferous Don Calfa, who showed us through his memorabilia-packed double-wide trailer and happily shared his memories of working with Timothy in Peeper (1975) a read more
Event Report: Alabama Phoenix Festival 2013
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 28, 2013
Memorial Day weekend saw the arrival of the second annual Alabama Phoenix Festival in Birmingham, with three days of science fiction, fantasy, and general geekery for those inclined to enjoy such things. This is the kind of event that covers a lot of my interests, from classic sci-fi and horror film read more
Event Report: Alabama Phoenix Festival 2013
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 28, 2013
Memorial Day weekend saw the arrival of the second annual Alabama Phoenix Festival in Birmingham, with three days of science fiction, fantasy, and general geekery for those inclined to enjoy such things. This is the kind of event that covers a lot of my interests, from classic sci-fi and horror film read more
Event Report: Alabama Phoenix Festival 2013
Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on May 28, 2013
Memorial Day weekend saw the arrival of the second annual Alabama Phoenix Festival in Birmingham, with three days of science fiction, fantasy, and general geekery for those inclined to enjoy such things. This is the kind of event that covers a lot of my interests, from classic sci-fi and horror film read more
Screening Report: CLEOPATRA’s 50th Anniversary – Mummified on Arrival
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on May 24, 2013
Everything about Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s CLEOPATRA (1963) is outsized – except, apparently, the audiences at Wednesday’s nationwide 50th anniversary theatrical screenings. I attended the 7 p.m. show of the digitally restored epic at the AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, read more
Screening Report: THE KID (1921) at Film Forum + Chaplin Look-Alike Contest
Cinematically Insane Posted by Will McKinley on May 5, 2013
It was just after noon on a spring Sunday, and I was chatting with a fellow cineaste outside Film Forum, the Downtown Manhattan movie mecca. “KID AUTO RACES? That’s Chaplin’s first short,” I said. “Well, it’s the first one where he was in the tramp costume,” my fellow film fan corrected read more