The Doll (1919) movie review: Ernst Lubitsch satire features incredibly inventive production design. Ossi Oswalda (‘the German Mary Pickford’) stars.
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Amazing Tales from the Archives: SFSFF spotlights unusual movie audio system, pioneering female documentarian and memorably inventive comedy fantasies.
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Mothers of Men (1917) movie review: Remarkable women’s suffrage tale asks whether the female right to vote would destroy American society.
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The Strongest (1929) movie review: The first feature (co-)directed by Alf Sjöberg is a visually splendid Arctic adventure that moves at glacial speed.
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Die Nibelungen: Siegfried and Kriemhild’s Revenge (1924) movie review: Semi-historical Fritz Lang epic is a cinematic masterpiece.
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Around China with a Movie Camera (2015) review: British Film Institute compilation offers a magical window into long-gone Chinese sights.
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L’Inhumaine (1924) movie review: Uniquely modernistic Marcel L’Herbier silent mixes sex melodrama, revenge thriller and science fiction.
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The Cave of the Silken Web (1927) movie review: Long thought lost Chinese blockbuster remains intriguing thanks to its focus on some fierce women.
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The Donovan Affair (1929) movie review: Frank Capra’s largely forgotten first all-talkie is now a silent. Jack Holt and Agnes Ayres star.
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Ménilmontant and Emak-Bakia movie reviews: Avant-Garde Paris’ memorable offerings for those willing to take a chance.
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Autumn Crocus (1934) movie review: West End legend Ivor Novello stars in wistful romantic drama about middle-aged longing. Fay Compton costars.
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The San Francisco Silent Film Festival’s ‘A Night at the Cinema in 1914’ was the second best thing to a time machine. World War I and Charles Chaplin featured.
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Midnight Madness (1928) movie review: One hour of unadulterated fluff fails to justify the titillating title. Clive Brook and Jacqueline Logan star.
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Song of the Fishermen (1934) movie review: Cai Chusheng drama depicts the dehumanizing results of China’s stratified class system.
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Topics at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival’s Amazing Tales from the Archives included Fred Ott’s seminal ‘sneeze face’ and the technological Charles Chaplin.
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The SFSFF’s Amazing Tales from the Archives featured two fascinating topics: Finding Douglas Fairbanks’ The Half-Breed and early movie sound technology.
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With its focus on digital technologies and the restoration of a 1964 Best Picture Oscar nominee, this year’s Amazing Tales from the Archives weren’t all that great.
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The Loves of Pharaoh (1922) Movie Review: Emil Jannings Hams It Up in Uninspired Ernst Lubitsch Epic
The Loves of Pharaoh (1922) movie review: Future Best Actor Oscar winner Emil Jannings chews the scenery in this disappointing Ernst Lubitsch epic.
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South (1919) movie review: Explorer Ernest Shackleton and his landmark Antarctic expedition are depicted in beautiful and harrowing detail.
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The Goose Woman with Louise Dresser and Jack Pickford. The Goose Woman (1925) movie review: The Goose Woman movie review: Great Louise Dresser in Clarence Brown silent classic At the…
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Huckleberry Finn movie: Lewis Sargent toplines sentimental William Desmond Taylor effort. Huckleberry Finn (1920) movie review: Huckleberry Finn movie review: Sentimental Fare Directed by Eventual Murder Victim Directed by William…
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The Sadist with Arch Hall Jr. The Sadist (1963) movie review: The Sadist movie review: Curious B flick Say what you will about Arch Hall Jr. (and I know many…
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Beulah Bondi, Victor Moore, Make Way for Tomorrow The main conflict in Leo McCarey’s Make Way for Tomorrow revolves around an elderly couple, Barkley and Lucy Cooper (Victor Moore and…
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The Beast with a Million Eyes: Hardly truth in advertising as Roger Corman’s micro-budget sci-fi thriller is no “monster movie.” ‘The Beast with a Million Eyes’: Alien invasion movie predates…
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The Love of Jeanne Ney with Uno Henning and Edith Jehanne. G.W. Pabst’s The Love of Jeanne Ney / Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney is a real mystery. And I mean…
San Francisco Silent Film Festival highlights include hand-tinted color fantasies by Segundo de Chomón and Louis Feuillade in the days before Technicolor.
Bert Williams: Lime Kiln Club Field Day (1913) movie review: Long-forgotten silent offers a rare look at black people’s lives in the early 20th century.
The San Francisco Silent Film Festival program ‘Amazing Tales from the Archives’ discussed the discovery of the 1916 Sherlock Holmes.
The Girl in Tails (1926) movie review: Karin Swanström and Hjalmar Bergman show that to fight oppression women must stand up and scandalize.
The Canadian (1926) movie review: Thomas Meighan and its rugged Alberta setting are the key reasons to check out William Beaudine’s rural drama.
Swampland race relations: Old indie mixes reactionary ideas about interracial love with vengeance and voodoo in tragic actress’ final little-seen film.
Blood and Sand with Rudolph Valentino and Nita Naldi Blood and Sand (1922) movie review: Dominating Rudolph Valentino. Blood and Sand movie review: Rudolph Valentino star vehicle Bullfighting has never…