Legends become so enmeshed in the cultural consciousness that they appear in numerous forms and adaptations centuries after their initial creation. The German folktale Faust is one such tale, inspiring dozens of books, plays, operas, and films since its first iteration in 16th-century German literature. …
Continue ReadingKansas 2021 Silent Film Festival
Normally held in Topeka, Kansas, the Kansas Silent Film Festival took place fully online this year. Many of the films shown over the two-day event were popular films from previous film festivals while two were screened by the wonderful Retroformat Silent Films. While they might …
Continue ReadingThe Silent Mormon Exploitation Films
This post is the first historical overview in my series Celebrating 125 Years of Utah and the Movies. Visit the series page or other historical overviews and reviews of films shot in Utah or made by Utahns.
The state of Utah is best known …
Continue ReadingCelebrating 125 Years of Utah and the Movies
On December 28, 1895, the inventors and photographers Louis and Auguste Lumiere ushered in the now ubiquitous art of projected film to a small, paying audience in the basement of the Grand Café in Lyons, France. One week later and an ocean away, President Grover …
Continue Reading2020 in Review
There aren’t very many things from 2020 I’d like to remember. That being said, I’ve had one of my more productive years in terms of expanding and diversifying my film knowledge. Whether in the first two months pre-Covid in a crowded theater, alone in my …
Continue ReadingPordenone Silent Film Festival 2020 Thoughts
As a poor, young millennial on the verge of entering the full-time job market (if it still exists), I’ve never had the time or the money to attend any major film festivals. While earlier in the year I was planning on buying a short flight …
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