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The Petrified Forest begins with a solitary hitchhiker wandering through the dusty desolation of an Arizona desert road; his canteen empty and his walking stick leading the way as automobiles and tumble weeds pass him by. He eventually makes it to a lonely gas station diner with the words “LAST CHA read more

Now that you’ve read Ben O’Brian’s rockin’ review of The Petrified Forest, you probably want more. (Who doesn’t want more Humphrey Bogart. He’s kind of like cowbell that way). Check out this gallery of production stills from The Petrified Forest featuring Humphre read more

When I first grasped that the NHL Lockout was going to be a reality this season, a black wave of depression swept over me. What’s winter without hockey? Just a cold, gray lump of crud, that’s what. But as the lockout has dragged on, I’ve discovered I can watch a lot of movies in m read more

Cecile B. DeMille’s Male and Female was released on November 30, 1919, and this one is a beauty people! You’ve got sexual tension between aristocrats and common folk, you’ve got shipwrecks, and you’ve got savage jungle survival! There’s thrills and chills! And there read more

It was 100 years ago that feral wild child Tarzan swung via jungle vine onto the culture scene. Edgar Rice Burroughs introduced the world to Tarzan in his serialized novel Tarzan of the Apes in 1912, followed up by book publication in 1914. And it’s be ON ever since. Burroughs published twent read more

Now that the American’s have gorged themselves on turkey and are out in shops right now fighting over discounted televisions, it’s official – the holidays are upon us, people! Whether that statement fills you with dread or joy, it is time to start making your holiday wish list of read more

My review of The Spanish Dancer, a silent costume drama from director Herbert Brenon, could really be six words long Pola Negri, Pola Negri, Pola Negri. She is dazzling in this 1923 programmer. Sure, there’s action and romance; there’s a dissolute king and a dashing prince; there’ read more

Buster Keaton’s Our Hospitality was released on November 19, 1923. I’m pretty sure I don’t need to tell you anything more than its BUSTER KEATON. But you can slip away for an hour today, watch Our Hospitality, and marvel over just how funny and fresh it is lo these many years late read more

Crikey! I just looked at the clock and it’s 1:07 pm. But better late than never right? Here’s the best of the bestest from around the interwebs this week. Happy reading and happy viewing! The Film Experience tells us about when D.W. Griffith learned how to treat a lady. Faded Video Labe read more

Remember how 3 reels of the 6 reel The White Shadow were discovered in the New Zealand Film Archive? And how we all got excited because this is the earliest surviving work of Sir Alfred Hitchcock, who worked as the assistant director, art director, editor and writer? And then do you remember the Fo read more

There are lots of people in this world that just love, love. love movies. They will spend an enormous amount of time seeing them, talking about them, writing about them. They’ll listen to podcasts, make podcasts, and start websites. But, in my experience, even a lot of die hard movie lovers w read more

Here’s a piece I wrote for The Toronto Film Scene wherein I wonder if Akira Kurosawa is Japan’s greatest filmmaker. My takeaway is – impossible to say. Impossible for me, at least, because I don’t know much about Japanese cinema beyond, well, Akira Kurosawa. But I know great read more

Remember how 3 reels of the 6 reel The White Shadow were discovered in the New Zealand Film Archive? And how we all got excited because this is the earliest surviving work of Sir Alfred Hitchcock, who worked as the assistant director, art director, editor and writer? And then do you remember the Fo read more

There are lots of people in this world that just love, love. love movies. They will spend an enormous amount of time seeing them, talking about them, writing about them. They’ll listen to podcasts, make podcasts, and start websites. But, in my experience, even a lot of die hard movie lovers w read more

Raggedy Rose is a cute little silent comedy from 1926 starring Mabel Normand. Rose works for a cheap-skate junk dealer and dreams of romance with a wealthy bachelor. I say: who doesn’t, sister? There’s not a lot that’s truly special about Raggedy Rose. Except that Mabel is always read more

Raggedy Rose is a cute little silent comedy from 1926 starring Mabel Normand. Rose works for a cheap-skate junk dealer and dreams of romance with a wealthy bachelor. I say: who doesn’t, sister? There’s not a lot that’s truly special about Raggedy Rose. Except that Mabel is always read more

So this is it – election night in America. It seems like this campaign has been dragging on forever, or at least 4 years. CNN is already checking in with attractive people at polling stations in Florida and Ohio every 10 minutes, and it’s not even noon. And since his election is so clos read more

So this is it – election night in America. It seems like this campaign has been dragging on forever, or at least 4 years. CNN is already checking in with attractive people at polling stations in Florida and Ohio every 10 minutes, and it’s not even noon. And since his election is so clos read more

The Headless Horseman starring Will Rogers was released November 5, 1922. While this wouldn’t be the last film adaptation of Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, it is the earliest that I can rustle up. In this version, the sleepy town of Sleepy Hollow is prepp read more

The Headless Horseman starring Will Rogers was released November 5, 1922. While this wouldn’t be the last film adaptation of Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, it is the earliest that I can rustle up. In this version, the sleepy town of Sleepy Hollow is prepp read more