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San Francisco Silent Film Festival: Bizarre Twists, Frantic Disasters, and Dangerous Women
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San Francisco Silent Film Festival: Bizarre Twists, Frantic Disasters, and Dangerous Women

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 / 10 July 2023

The San Francisco Silent Film Festival features iron-masked swashbuckling, flabbergasting twists, sexy farce, visual beauty, and strong women who stare into the camera, unnerving viewers.

Buster Keaton’s Last Silent Masterpieces: ‘The Cameraman’ and ‘Spite Marriage’
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Buster Keaton’s Last Silent Masterpieces: ‘The Cameraman’ and ‘Spite Marriage’

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 / 11 September 2020

Buster Keaton was aware that the camera can be a catalyst of violence, especially stereotypical violence, for audience consumption -- and that it could also evoke the shared joy of cathartic laughter.

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Buster Keaton’s ‘The Cameraman’ Casts Light on MGM’s Tyranny

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 / 18 June 2020
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Buster Keaton’s ‘Steamboat Bill, Jr.’ Is Still Painfully Funny

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 / 21 September 2015
Criterion Puts Charlie Chaplin in a Different ‘Limelight’
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Criterion Puts Charlie Chaplin in a Different ‘Limelight’

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 / 5 June 2015
Criterion's official release of Limelight should finally give Charlie Chaplin the proper recognition he deserves for his sound films.
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Buster Keaton the Inventor and Charlie Chaplin the Conjurer

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 / 20 September 2011
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The Archaeology of Comedy in Short Films

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 / 22 July 2010
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Nary a Word: ‘The Last Laugh’ and ‘The General’

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 / 3 December 2008
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Nary a Word: ‘The Last Laugh’ and ‘The General’

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 / 3 December 2008
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The Cook and Other Treasures (2003)

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 / 14 April 2003