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Opinion

50 Years Without Buster Keaton: My Neurotic Relationship with Buster Keaton and Why He Makes Me OK with Being Me.

Feb 1, 2016 The Retro Set 2

On this day in 1966, the motion pictures lost one of its few, true creative giants: Buster Keaton passed at the age of 70.   Taken by an aggressive form of lung cancer, Keaton didn’t have any idea […]

Opinion

Women in Film: Mabel Normand

May 15, 2015 Hala Pickford 0

The period drama Mad Men is ending this Sunday. I’m a big fan. And the past few episodes have dealt with the rank sexism in 1970. TV critics and liberal writers have pointed out the […]

Movies

Stream of Consciousness Comedy: The Forgotten Wonderland of Musty Suffer

Nov 6, 2014 The Retro Set 1

His face is unknown, his name peculiar, and his comedy style utterly foreign to modern eyes. The “he” in question? The mind-bending Musty Suffer; a silent comedian who has to be seen to be believed. […]

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