The First King of Hollywood: Douglas Fairbanks
Fairbanks was a movie star like none before who brought a new level of class to the movies.
View ArticleThe Making of Georges Méliès
How an early 20th-century movie magician brought us to the moon and then fell back to earth.
View ArticleThe Re-making of Georges Méliès
Movie illusionist Georges Méliès anticipated 21st-century filmmaking norms, including the fight against 'pirated' work. Part two of a two-part essay.
View ArticleSilents Scream with Alloy Orchestra’s Scores
Alloy Orchestra, forged in Boston’s post-punk club scene, travels the world with wildly original accompaniments to revivify unique silent films.
View ArticleSex, Subversion, Mushrooms, God
With 'The Sheik and I,' Caveh Zahedi proves once again that the notion of 'film as a subversive art' is not so quaint after all.
View ArticleA ‘Useful’ Guide to Uruguayan Film
‘Pocket-sized’ nation Uruguay finds its place in the world of cinema with exhibition drama A USEFUL LIFE and other gems.
View ArticleJeff Masino on Making Flicker Alley a Gateway to Cinema History
Jeff Masino is bringing cinephilia to a new century with diligently restored, often brilliantly re-scored archival gems and international historic treasures.
View ArticleChaplin at 100
Inspired by Chaplin? Get in line. SF Silent Film Festival celebrates cinema's first international star.
View ArticleNoir City 12: Here and There
With an international focus for for 2014, Noir City's Eddie Muller is making his most daring programming gambit yet.
View ArticleThe Anita Monga Era at San Francisco Silent
A growing SFSFF has become at least as internationally significant as any silent film showcase outside Le Giornate del Cinema Muto in Italy.
View ArticleOn Location with Noir City 13
San Francisco is the shadowy backdrop for many of Noir City 2014's unholy matrimony stories.
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