Reviews

My reviews of all the films of Charlie Chaplin, originally written for the Bright Lights Film Journal.

The Year at Keystone, Part 1

The Year at Keystone, Part 2

Keystone and Essanay Days

The Mutuals

First National, Shoulder Arms and The Kid

The Idle Class, Pay Day, The Pilgrim, and A Woman of Paris

The Gold Rush

The Circus

City Lights

Modern Times

The Great Dictator

Monsieur Verdoux

Limelight

A King in New York

Simon Louvish’s Chaplin: The Tramp’s Odyssey (book review)

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My reviews of the dancing films of Fred Astaire, originally written for the Bright Lights Film Journal.

Flying Down to Rio

The Gay Divorcee

Roberta

Top Hat

Follow the Fleet

Swing Time

Shall We Dance?

A Damsel in Distress

Carefree

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

Broadway Melody of 1940

Second Chorus

You’ll Never Get Rich

Holiday Inn

You Were Never Lovelier

The Sky’s the Limit

Yolanda and the Thief

Ziegfeld Follies

Blue Skies

Easter Parade

The Barkleys of Broadway

Three Little Words

Let’s Dance

Royal Wedding

The Belle of New York

The Band Wagon

Daddy Long Legs

Funny Face

Silk Stockings

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Movie Reviews Online

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