To celebrate the second annual Silent Movie Day, I’ve put together a list of 24 silent movies from 12 different genres that showcase the variety of films produced in the heyday of silent cinema (roughly between 1895 and 1930). Click on a favorite genre …
Continue ReadingFrame by Frame: A Materialist Aesthetics of Animated Cartoons—Book Review
“Imagine studying a building not by walking its hallways or perusing its blueprints, but by examining each of its bricks”, Frank posits at the beginning of Frame by Frame. Frank suggests that animated film can, and should, be studied in a similar manner, investigating …
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