Silent Magic: The Films of Charley Bowers and Herbert Brenon
The Extraordinary World of Charley Bowers gathers and restores what remains of an elusive and very clever film pioneer, and Herbert Brenon’s Peter Pan casts a spell of silent magic.
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Applesauce to the Gander: Restoring RKO’s Early Talkies
All or most of the films in RKO Classic Romances and RKO Classic Adventures are in the public domain and circulated in poor condition. These Library of Congress prints have been digitally restored by Lobster Films in Paris and consistently look and sound very good.
The Rise and Fall of Female Silent Filmmakers
Silent filmmaking was only one element of a much wider feminist movement of various forms, from the flapper to the suffragette to the birth control advocate to the bohemian female writer and political activist.
When Capers Were Mod: Heist Films ‘Robbery’ and ‘Midas Run’
By the time Yates' Robbery and Kjellin's Midas Run came along, the Hollywood Production Code was weakening as the western world entered a period of rebellious youth, short skirts, sexual permissiveness, Cold War cynicism, colonial wars, and general political uppity-ness.
‘Fantômas: Three Film Collection’ Reveals the Master Criminal and Cornerstone of French Pop Culture
The French Fantômas films Fantômas, Fantômas Unleashed, Fantômas vs. Scotland Yard and similar crime film projects in Britain, Germany, and the US are related by secret, labyrinthine, diabolical blueprints of unfathomable complication.
When Charles Bronson went to France: ‘Rider on the Rain’ and Cold Sweat’
Dismissed as "trash" in their day, Charles Bronson films Rider on the Rain and Cold Sweat belong to a Golden Age of internationally co-produced Euro-thrillers that combine pulp storytelling with stylistic elegance and intense emotion.
Banned ‘Babylon’ Finally Sees Light of Day
Franco Rosso's stark, rough-edged, and music-soaked 1980 drama, Babylon, about West Indian Londoners scrapping for survival, was never released due to worries about inciting violence. Until now.
Fernando Lamas Shows His 3-D Assets in Kino Lorber’s ‘Sangaree’ and ‘Jivaro’
If you care about 3-D history, or about Lamas, or about how far the '50s could push erotic buttons (or un-buttons) within family entertainment, you'll have a good time with 'Sangaree' and 'Jivaro'.
‘Diamonds for Breakfast’ Aims for the Family Jewels
Marcello Mastorianni and Rita Tushingham act out Swinging London fantasies for Christopher Morahan's Diamonds for Breakfast.
The Joy of Silents: Méliès, Reininger, Gance and Murnau
Flicker Alley, Milestone Films and Kino Classics offer the works of silent film directors Georges Méliès, Lotte Reiniger, Abel Gance, and F. W. Murnau on Blu-ray.
On Burt Lancaster’s ‘The Midnight Man’ and a Hard-knock Life
Burt Lancaster's second film, The Midnight Man (1974), reflects a weary outlook of disillusion and regret within the trappings of gumshoe noir.
Visual Feasts: Merchant Ivory Do What They Do Best in ‘Feast of July’
Visual aestheticism has never been a weak point for the Merchant Ivory production team and they certainly don't slack in their abilities with the sumptuous Feast of July.