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 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 …
Continue ReadingLois Weber in Early Hollywood — Book Review
There was really no rhyme or reason to the order of books I read for my summer reading. Fortunately, I managed to save what turned out to be my favorite book of the summer for last. Shelley Stamp’s Lois Weber in Early Hollywood is an …
Continue ReadingHerr Lubitsch Goes to Hollywood—Book Review
Of all the silent directors who emigrated from Europe to Hollywood, Ernest Lubitsch was arguably the most successful and popular director. After becoming world-famous for his German comedies and costume dramas such as Madame DuBarry and Anna Boleyn (both 1920), Lubitsch signed with Warner Brothers …
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