When I meet people from other parts of the country and tell them I’m a silent film accompanist , they…
I don’t remember how or when I started doing this, but I’m certain it’s something I picked up or learned…
I first heard about this CD project during the Arbuckle retrospective I co-curated for MoMA in 2006 with Ron Magliozzi,…
Two main elements in film programming, I’ve found, are knowing the films and knowing where prints of them are. The…
There is no deeply dramatic reason for Douglas Fairbanks to leap over the benches and fences or climb the trees…
Lubitsch-Directed “Rosita” (1923) Is On Screens Again After 95 Years and Worth Seeing I was on the fence about attending…
Putting Humpty Together Again, Thanks to the Museum of Modern Art and the Library of Congress It isn’t often that…
Stretching to Two Reel Length was no Stretch For Marcel Perez What has always struck me as remarkable about Buster…
The injury humor of Johnny Knoxville, the Farrelly Brothers, and thousands of anonymous klutzes is nothing new — French and…
The Adventures of Prince Achmed concluded, and as the curtain in MoMA’s Titus 2 theatre closed and the lights came…