

Book Review: Rediscovering Roscoe
There is a lot to unpack when reviewing a 700-page book about anyone, much less someone whose life and career is so significant to film...


The Silent Cinema: D.W. Griffith’s Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
Musketeers of Pig Alley Directed by D.W. Griffith. Cast: Elmer Booth, Harry Carey, Lillian Gish, Clara T Bracy, Walter Miller, John T....


DVD Review: Semi-Tough (1977)
Kino Lorber has released a rather inaccessible Burt Reynolds movie that has become somewhat obscure due to the rise of political...


DVD Review: The Great McGinty (1940)
Kino Lorber has released a nicely restored DVD and blu ray of this classic Preston Sturges comedy. Preston Sturges had been writing since...


Cinema Revisited: A Song is Born (1948)
Directed by Howard Hawks. Cast: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Hugh Herbert, Ludwig Stossell, Benny Goodman, Louis Armstrong, Tommy Dorsey,...


Cinema Revisited: The Big House (1930)
Directed by George W. Hill. Cast: Wallace Beery, Chester Morris, Robert Montgomery, Leila Hyams, Lewis Stone. Released June 14, 1930. ...


Selected Short Subject: FALSE ROOMERS (1931)
Directed by Mark Sandrich. Cast: Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough, James Finlayson, Kewpie Morgan, Harry Dunkinson, Nora Cecil,...


Cinema Revisited: The Fugitive (1993)
Directed by Andrew Davis. Cast: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Julianne Moore, Joe Pantoliano, Andreas Katsulas, Daniel...


Selected Short Subject: Mutts To You (1938)
Directed by Charley Chase: Cast: The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard), Bess Flowers, Lane Chandler, Vernon Dent,...


Book Review: “Like Any Other Monday”
Exploring the world of early show business can be a fascinating journey. Discoveries into the development of performers, whose eventual...

