This summer, I read two books, inspired by my being booked for a film series that will run at MoMA…
Accompanying Keaton’s Our Hospitality this past weekend reminded me of a silent comedy trope I’ve become aware of. It’s one…
Keaton’s Our Hospitality is one of my favorites of his feature films, and for the same reason One Week is…
The Mack Sennett films released through Paramount in the late ‘teens give you the impression that an effort was underway…
Over the last couple years, I’ve had conversations with people who’ve told me how much they like the Accidentally Preserved…
Every once in a while, a Cliff Bowes comedy turns up. Their rarity and scarcity explains why you probably don’t…
In going through Chaplin’s The Adventurer for a project I’m working on, I wound up staring at a shot that…
When I started accompanying films it was still common practice to show silent films, well…silent. They were only available in…
I’ve just been down a bit of a rabbit hole, thinking about the trajectory of the feature-length comedy in the…
I almost fell off the couch today, just like when I saw the Spongebob cartoon whose punchline was “Nosferatu!” several…