Tag: Leslie Nelson

Police Squad: Testimony of Evil (Dead Men Don’t Laugh)

March 22, 2020April 28, 2023Shawn Hall4 Comments

While there is a healthy and thriving academic, critical, and popular interest in classic film, classic television hasn’t always been treated so kindly. Early television series from the 1940s and early 50s have similar survival rates to silent pictures, with numerous episodes and entire …

Off to the Pordenone Silent Film Festival
1 day ago
I’m going to Italy! And while I will be taking in the sights and being a bit of a tourist, I am primarily going to the Pordenone Silent Film Festival, …
Josef von Sternberg from The Salvation Hunters to Anatahan
4 months ago
Whether in a close-up of the glamorous Marlene Dietrich or an alluring wide shot of the Morrocan desert, Von Sternberg’s ability to create a visually stunning image stands unmatched in …
Clara Bow: The Life and Career of Hollywood’s IT Girl Video
6 months ago
Not every day do silent film stars of yesteryear find their way back into the limelight. The namesake of the final title track on Taylor Swift’s upcoming album Tortured Poets’ …
Edmund Lowe: The Wisecracking Wonder
7 months ago
Fame is a fickle thing. Many of the biggest stars of yesteryear are now mere footnotes in pop culture history and remain largely unknown even to us classic film fanatics. …
The Saphead—Buster Keaton’s First Starring Vehicle
7 months ago
I recently finished Buster Keaton’s silent filmography—or so I thought. Focused on watching all Keaton’s appearances in Arbuckle shorts, the 21 shorts he directed, and his silent feature comedies, I …

Dumb Money, 2023 - ★★★★
This isn’t revolutionary filmmaking or even the most accurate political message but I had a lot of fun with this. The system is still rigged […]
The Third Murder, 2017 - ★★★★
I love crime movies that aren’t so much about whether someone was guilty or not but instead is much more a character study of the […]
Lisa Frankenstein, 2024 - ★★★★
Never thought the rocket from A Trip to the Moon could ever be turned into a phallic symbol but here we are.I really loved Sprouse’s […]
Evil Does Not Exist, 2023 - ★★★★
Hamaguchi is somehow really great at both crafting silent scenes that keep you on the edge of your seat AND long scenes of back and […]
Out of Sight, 1998 - ★★★★
Forgot how oozing with charm Clooney and J Lo were in their younger years. Cheadle is great too as a freewheeling criminal and Brooks is […]