Because it’s Christmas, the Washington Post has dumped upon its hapless readers several thousand words of breathless prose from film critic Ann Hornaday in the form of a frenzied dithyramb on the very unlikely subject of “America’s Most Dangerous Movie”, Oliver Stone’s JFK, quite possibly the most morally repulsive “major” film ever made in the…
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Charlie in Full, Pretty Much
The second part of my two-part review of Flicker Alley’s monumental release of all of Charlie Chaplin’s extant films for Keystone is now up on the still not safe for work Bright Light Film Journal. I’ve now reviewed all of Chaplin’s films except the two weakest, Limelight and A King in New York. The link…
Fred in Full
My review of Silk Stockings, Fred Astaire’s final dancing film, is up at the not entirely safe for work Bright Lights Film Journal. I’ve now reviewed all 27 of Fred’s dancing films for Bright Lights, and the link for each is given below. Flying Down to Rio The Gay Divorcee Roberta Top Hat Follow the…
New at Bright Lights: Chaplin at Keystone, Part 1
The new issue of Bright Lights Film Journal has another of my pieces on the films of Charlie Chaplin. Flicker Alley recently released virtually all of Chaplin’s 33 odd films made in one year, 1914, at Mack Sennett’s Keystone Studios in Los Angeles. I take a look at the first 18 films Chaplin made. The…