On Tuesday night I rolled the dice and presented yet another obscure, unknown silent comedy film I’d taken a liking…
I’m very interested in how music was and wasn’t used in sound films made 1929-36. The TCM Classic Film Festival’s…
On April 13, 2019 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, Kevin Brownlow was presented with the 2nd Robert Osborne Award.…
Some shows I do are B.Y.O.O. — Bring Your Own Organ. Perhaps I should say “bring my own organ”, as…
This was my second time doing the red carpet event on opening night of the TCM Classic Film Festival. Why…
I first heard about this CD project during the Arbuckle retrospective I co-curated for MoMA in 2006 with Ron Magliozzi,…
My DVD label Undercrank Productions has a new release, the second in a series that showcases the identification fun we…
Marion Davies’ 1922 Film Beauty’s Worth Gets a Deluxe Outdoor Screening In the Birthplace of Its Director Robert G. Vignola At…
Lubitsch-Directed “Rosita” (1923) Is On Screens Again After 95 Years and Worth Seeing I was on the fence about attending…
How I Learned Why It’s Called a “Step-And-Repeat” by Stepping And Repeating I have posed for photos at events for…