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Preston Sturges holds a unique place in the history of American cinema. In 1940, he would become the first writer to get the chance...
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Preston Sturges holds a unique place in the history of American cinema. In 1940, he would become the first writer to get the chance...
One of cinema’s most versatile artists, Billy Wilder had both one of the longest, and the most honored, careers of any filmmaker working in...
Of the directors who worked on the fringes of Hollywood, no one was farther removed from the center of Tinseltown than Edward D. Wood...
When recalling the great directors of Hollywood’s golden age, one name that is all too often undeservedly overlooked is Edgar G. Ulmer. Ulmer is...
A good movie trailer can be as entertaining on its own as the film it’s designed to promote. Typically, trailers are just extended “highlights”...
For fans of movies, television, video games and pop culture in general, nostalgia is a huge draw in looking back at all sorts of...
Like many classic movie fans this Christmas, I received one of the most eagerly-awaited DVD releases of the year: the “Chaplin at Keystone” set...
The passing of Blake Edwards marks the end of an era. He was in many ways one of the most interesting filmmakers working in...
This past October I had the pleasure of volunteering at “Home Movie Day”, an all-day festival, held at locations all over the world, consisting...
A fun game for movie aficionados can be trying to remember the first film that really got them turned on to the medium as...
On the surface, it might appear that this column is coming about 12 years too late, but after a recent big-screen showing of Alfred...
More than sixty years before Martin Scorsese depicted the New York gangsters in films like “Mean Streets” and “Goodfellas”, directors like D.W. Griffith and...
A couple nights ago I had the pleasure of attending a presentation by film scholar Rick Altman called “The Living Nickelodeon”. In this performance,...
One of the real joys of doing research on film is having access to the collected works of a dedicated scholar, whose own research...
The comedy short occupies an odd position in the history of film. Beloved by audiences, especially during the silent era, but also throughout the...
I decided to postpone the topic I was going to write about for the column this week because of some very important news that...