I guess you could say the low point arrived on March 27, 2022, with the broadcast of the 94th Academy Awards. No, the “slap heard ’round the world” wasn’t it—though that cast a pall over the proceedings, didn’t it?—but the … Continue reading Cinema 101
Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the 20th Centuryby Dana StevensSimon and Schuster, 432 pp, Hardback, $29.99Published Jan. 25, 2022 He’s just this strange figure who was sort of prodigiously talented at something that … Continue reading Dana Stevens on CAMERA MAN
Before he was a filmmaker, Peter Bogdanovich was a critic and historian par excellence. Coming of age as the first wave of Hollywood filmmakers were being put out to pasture, Bogdanovich sat at the feet of the men who made … Continue reading THE GREAT BUSTER: A CELEBRATION
Chaplin was the tramp, Lloyd was the go-getter, and Buster Keaton—Born Oct. 4, 1895—was the Great Stone Face. He was unflappable, no matter how hard he got hit or how hard he fell. The General is his best, maybe the greatest American … Continue reading THE GENERAL
On Saturday, Aug. 8, TCM’s Summer Under the Stars celebrates the work of Charlie Chaplin with 19 films—two of them from the 1950s, an era in which the movie industry changed considerably, and Chaplin found himself on the outside looking … Continue reading LIMELIGHT
The death of moviegoing in 2020 has hurt in a myriad of ways, but in every loss an opportunity. Few have risen to the occasion like The Criterion Collection, both on their streaming channel and via their handsomely packaged Blu-ray/DVD … Continue reading THE CAMERAMAN
Why stop with one week of silents when you can have two? Our summer tribute to the silents that have played Chautauqua’s Silent Summer Series marches of with more from The Great Stone Face. From Boulder Weekly Vol. 22, No. … Continue reading GO WEST
On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo to discuss Criterion’s latest 4K restoration, The Cameraman, and suggest a few silent films you can stream if you’re missing Chautauqua’s annual Summer of Silents. … Continue reading
The lament of a summer sans silents under the stars continues into the Weekly with a review of Criterion’s latest Blu-ray/DVD release and four silent comedies to stream at home. First up, Buster Keaton’s first film for MGM and his … Continue reading This week in Film — THE CAMERAMAN and the silent clowns
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