News & Other Views
Film Friday | Weekly Roundup
Let’s see, this week I hung out with animators, tried to burnish the image of death-by-suicide Joseph McDermott, whoever he may be, and I [...]
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News & Other Views
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News & Other Views
The Artist Won Best Picture and I Partied Like It’s 1928
Hello! If you watched the Oscars last night and decided to check out this whole silent movie rigamarole, welcome! Bien venue! If you’re a [...]
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News & Other Views
Film Friday | Weekly Roundup
Now here we are, almost at the big moment. The Oscars air this Sunday and the question on every silent film fans lips is [...]
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News & Other Views
Film Friday | Weekly Roundup
Whoa, yet another week down. Tick tick tick. The confusing Toronto weather (Hello there Spring!) doesn’t help matters at all. Did I just not [...]
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Silence was Golden in Cinema from The Telegraph
Ye gods, people! There’s a lot of silent cinema interest and nostalgia floating around these days, thanks to Hugo and The Artists. Some of [...]
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Cinema Revisited: Georges Méliès and the Birth of Filmmaking
Who doesn’t want to jump on the exciting Melies revival bandwagon? No one, that who’s, and I count myself in those ranks. Here’s a [...]
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Film Friday | Weekly Roundup
Pretty Clever Film Gal is still struggling with the plague but crawling along the road to recovery. Thankfully, there was much to entertain and [...]
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The Reviews are Rolling in for Scorsese’s Hugo
So I really didn’t want to get excited about Martin Scorsese’s Hugo. (I have Scorcese issues, don’t ask.) But the more I think about [...]
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The Return of Silent Cinema from Slate Magazine
Yesterday Slate magazine ran a piece by Tom Shone titled “The Return of Silent Cinema.” As some one who cares, deeply, about silent cinema [...]
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