The last time Abel Gance’s nearly six-hour 1927 silent film “Napoleon” screened in New York City, it was in a truncated version — only four hours. In 1981, Francis Ford Coppola rented out Radio City ...
With Taylor Swift singing songs about Clara Bow, audiences have turned their attention to the first days of cinema. But even the most hardened Swiftie might find themselves confused by a strange ...
Fashion loves to reference Old Hollywood, but when we conjure those images, we usually think of the core classics: 1950s glitz and glam, Grace Kelly and Marilyn Monroe archetypes. But cinematic ...
Recently I took my two daughters to see a silent film at Film Forum here in New York. “Kid Boots” was a hit romantic comedy of 1926, starring the stage comic Eddie Cantor (roughly the Martin Short of ...
Kathryn Boyd and Laurence Criner star in "The Flying Ace" (1926), a crime melodrama with an all-Black cast. The film, which was produced at the time for Black audiences in segregated theaters, will be ...
SHREVEPORT, La. — The Robinson Film Center will host "The Unspoken Frame: A Celebration of Silent Film" on Oct. 22–23, setting aside two days to recognize the artistry and legacy of early cinema. The ...
‘The King of Kings’ put artsy visual techniques to exalted effect. It’s just been rereleased. Introducing Jesus to a new generation of moviegoers was a task Cecil B. DeMille undertook with the utmost ...