Shawn Hall After his 14-film screen partnership with Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton took over the Comique comedy unit...
Film Reviews
In-depth analysis and reviews of various films, from the earliest flickers to the peak of the Hollywood studio era.
Variety (1925) is a German silent film that takes a pretty traditional love triangle and adds...
Sometimes we let a genre fool us. Whether horror, melodrama, or romance, in the case of...
Few films have been as influential as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Released in 1920, this...
When most people think of German silent cinema, the mind often jumps to the bold stylization...
Despite this being her only major on-screen film role, theater actress Maria Falconetti delivers one of...
Horror was not recognized as a movie genre until the Pre-Code years, when Universal’s smash hits Dracula and Frankenstein solidified...
Laurel and Hardy are best known for their 1930s and ’40s films, but their rise to...
During promotion for The Gold Rush, Charlie Chaplin declared it the film he wanted to be...
Long before Superman or Batman, America’s favorite screen hero was Douglas Fairbanks. In The Iron Mask...
