Life Irritates Art in These Stanley Kwan and James Cruze Talkies
Kwan’s art-house Center Stage and Cruze’s vulgar The Great Gabbo both touch on the tragic tropes of performers whose careers suck up their lives.
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Slavery, Piracy, and Shirtless Men in Silent Film, ‘Old Ironsides’
Kino Lorber's release of Old Ironsides offers derring-do with cannons firing and masts breaking off and hundreds of extras swarming all over each other's ships.
From Lois Weber to Louise Brooks: Eight Silent Film Sensations
Those of us who love silent cinema have much to rejoice about in this digital age, when both obscurities and celebrated classics arrive in new preservations and restorations, curated by scholars and fans who love the era.