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How Not to Use the Great Stone Face: Buster Keaton in FREE AND EASY

Jul 22, 2014 Kyle Turner 0

Having seen a majority of Buster Keaton’s silent work (thank you Kino), one of the primary distinctions in his character is that he was never explicitly the Clown. That was a role more suited to […]

Opinion

Celluloid Dreams: Why We Love Buster Keaton’s Sherlock Jr.

Apr 22, 2014 Kyle Turner 1

Enough people have written extensively on Buster Keaton’s 1924 masterpiece Sherlock Jr., not to mention Andrew Horton’s book on the film, and certainly there have been a plethora of those who have written on the […]

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Americana 101: Harold Lloyd’s THE FRESHMAN (1925)

Apr 2, 2014 The Retro Set 1

The films of Harold Lloyd were the most financially successful of all the great silent clowns. Which, in itself, is no small feat. The most successful film of his career, 1925’s The Freshman, exemplifies the […]

Opinion

Whatever Happened to the Comedy Team?

Feb 25, 2014 Wade Sheeler 2

I’ve always had a perverse fascination with comedy teams. “Perverse” because, historically, more often than not they tend to be pretty weak; some of them outright ghastly in their inability to elicit even a giggle […]

Opinion

WALL·E, The Little Tramp, and The Great Stone Face

Aug 27, 2013 Kyle Turner 1

He’s cute, a little timid, incredibly awkward, a bit of a hopeless romantic, and yet, you can see in his eyes, a lust for life. Who am I describing? Well, three people, or characters rather. […]

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