An undisputed classic of American Silent Cinema and one of the very best examples of physical comedy committed to screen, Safety Last! remains the best-known film of Harold Lloyd, despite the fact he made many more than his contemporaries Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Essentially the story of a simple country boy looking for love […] Read more »
I had never made the effort to sit down and explore D.W. Griffith's 3-hour silent Civil War epic before I recently had to review the new Blu-ray release from Masters of Cinema. It's a fascinating and rather horrifying experience. Read more »
Director Pablo Berger re-locates the Brothers Grimm classic Snow White in the world of Spanish bullfighters, while also harking back to Silent Cinema. Read more »
The great thing about attending a large international film festival like HKIFF is the element of discovery. There is always plenty of variety on offer, much of which even someone like myself – who tries his best to keep track of the year’s buzz titles – knows very little about. Blancanieves was just such a […] Read more »
As part of an ongoing project over at Twitch, contributors are finally tackling their Lists of Shame in a feature called “Full Disclosure”. First on my list was F. W. Murnau’s 1927 mould-breaker, Sunrise, but to find out what I thought of it, you’ll have to wait until the end of the month. I’ll be […] Read more »
After F.W. Murnau’s move to the USA, this ambitious co-production sees the German director head down to the islands of the South Pacific for a classic tale of forbidden love and adventure featuring an almost entirely local native cast. When the local “Godess” dies, the head of the neighbouring tribe is granted the local beauty […] Read more »