The Bruno Walter Auditorium is home to the Silent Clowns Film Series, which boasts itself as “New York’s longest-running regularly scheduled silent film showcase.” For twenty years now, the series has provided the public with […]
by Wade Sheeler There are those moments in a good movie, very fleeting, when direction, plot and music all meld to deliver a message that is such a pure hybrid that no other medium could […]
We love Warner Archive Instant and so should you! Where else can you find Marion Davies skewering the Hollywood star machine with a cavalcade of silent film cameos and William Wellman declaring war on the American justice […]
“The little fellow,” Vanity Fair once wrote, “was not a small man.” Indeed, there are movie stars. There are superstars. There are legends. And then there’s Charlie Chaplin. He was born on April 16, 1889 […]
As a highly-skilled, professional procrastinator, I am always on the look out for new ways to waste valuable time. And, like a good friend, I would like to take this opportunity to share the love so […]
By Wade Sheeler There was a time when he was the most famous comedian in the world. He was the highest paid actor, and broke all box-office records. He was the French Cinema’s greatest star […]
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