Robert Eggers’ lushly gothic remake of “Nosferatu” is a loving homage to silent films, with its dramatic black-and-white scenes and overpowering sense of creeping dread. The eerie images of Count ...
If you try and think about some of the most intense movies of all time, the silent era probably isn't where you're going to go first. After all, the usual suspects intensity-wise came decades on from ...
Dennis Scott, theater organist, and historian John Lauter join talk about silent film and an upcoming event at the Senate ...
Enamored of stars like Charlie Chaplin, he matched outdoor scenes from their movies to contemporary locales, creating a ...
The Last Picture House will host a special event this Sunday honoring Oscar Micheaux, an Illinois-born filmmaker recognized ...
After the closure of Grand Theatre, which showed silent films until 1931, the Naper Theatre took its place in downtown ...
The appeal of silent films isn’t just how one watches movies but instead experiences the score. “There’s a community of people who are interested in silent film, but there’s also still an untapped, ...
British actor, director, screenwriter and producer Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin and American actor Tom Murray in a scene from "The Gold Rush." While there are modern silent classics, such as ...
It’s been a moment since the world’s first real motion picture debuted, the 1895 black-and-white documentary “Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory in Lyon.” But in some minds silent films are as ...
Savannah offers a weekend of entertainment including Cirque de Paris, a Million Dollar Quartet musical, comedy, and silent ...